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Clean Energy Jobs in Great Lakes Outnumber Jobs in Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy by More Than 4 to 1

[ad_1] Policy Analysis Thursday, August 16, 2018 The new clean energy economy provides over four times more jobs in the Great Lakes region than the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, according to EWG’s analysis of recent reports. In Clean Jobs Midwest, the nonprofits Clean Energy Trust and E2 conclude that the 12 Midwestern states […]

One Trillion Watts of Wind and Solar

[ad_1] There are now 1 trillion watts of wind and solar installed around the world, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. It took a few decades to get here, but it’ll only take five years to do it again — and at a cost that’s nearly 50 percent cheaper. Now that we’ve reached […]

India seeks bids for solar-wind-battery system

[ad_1] Mercom India: The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has issued a tender for the development of 160 MW of solar-wind hybrid power project with battery energy storage system (BESS) at Ramagiri, located in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. The scope of work includes the design, engineering, supply, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning […]

Solar Panels Save YWCA $14K

[ad_1] The YWCA McLean County has saved about $14,000 in the 10 months since installing its 123-kilowatt solar panel. Larissa Armstrong coordinates the Solar Bloomington-Normal program, which offers solar at a reduced cost. She said local solar program participants would expect a payback time of 10 years, but the YWCA is different. Its panel was […]

Irrigators co-operate on solar power

[ad_1] STAVELY, Alta. — Three separate farming operations east of this southern Alberta town have co-operated on a 313.56 kilowatt project that will use the sun to power pumps for their irrigation pivots. Lamb Farms Ltd., Roemmele Farms Ltd. and Lilybrook Herefords Inc. turned the key last week on an installation designed and erected by […]