- Safe harbor fund to support over 100MW of solar projects – BrighterEnergy.org
Safe harbor fund to support over 100MW of solar projects
BrighterEnergy.org
The expected expiration of this program will mean many good projects that would otherwise provide millions of dollars of value to local communities in the form of energy savings and new jobs may never come to fruition. The fund will be targeting the … - Obama Urges Congress to Extend Transportation Funding – Truckinginfo
Obama Urges Congress to Extend Transportation Funding
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More > Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez joined the Oregon Department of Transportation and representatives from public and private partner organizations to break ground this week on Oregon's second solar highway project. … - South Africa: Renewable energy production must create jobs – 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
South Africa: Renewable energy production must create jobs
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Under this programme, projects must be in the grid by 2016, with the first window closing in 2015 in respect of all technologies submitted by bidders, except for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Ompie Aphane, the Acting Deputy Director General for … - US Solar Product Exports Increased by 100% Since 2010! – Inhabitat
US Solar Product Exports Increased by 100% Since 2010!
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The nation's solar industry grew so exponentially partially because of help from the Treasury Grant Program and Loan Guarantee Program, which helped solar business facilitate and fund new manufacturing centers. This has changed our export of solar … - Renewable Social Benefit Funds and Xzerta Energy Group Announce The Sol Haven Fund – MarketWatch (press release)
Renewable Social Benefit Funds and Xzerta Energy Group Announce The Sol Haven Fund
MarketWatch (press release)
The Fund, named Sol Haven Fund, will be immediately reaching out to industry front line developers, EPC providers, integrators and installers to identify and facilitate realization of solar projects qualifying for safe harbor under the current ITC … - Promise of Jobs from Solar, Wind Power a Hard Sell in the Desert – National Journal
Promise of Jobs from Solar, Wind Power a Hard Sell in the Desert
National Journal
“Name one person in this town who has a job in the solar industry,” said Tim Williams, a bartender at the Searchlight Nugget, where Reid is a regular when he's in town. A dozen patrons shook their heads. “I don't think clean energy is a bad thing, … - Texas Job-Training: Cedar Valley College Partners With Solar Turbines Inc. – Texas Insider

Texas InsiderTexas Job-Training: Cedar Valley College Partners With Solar Turbines Inc.
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Cedar Valley College has partnered with Solar Turbines Inc. to provide a $367543 job training Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The grant will be used to custom train 461 incumbent workers at Solar Turbines' … - What If Obama Were Governor of the State of Texas? – Fox News
What If Obama Were Governor of the State of Texas?
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And while Obama pushed to raise the country's debt ceiling and to increase taxes, Texas has a balanced budget (with $6-billion in a “rainy day fund”) and has the second-lowest tax rates in the country—taxing neither personal incomes nor capital gains. … - Some question green investment as clean-energy summit nears – Las Vegas Review – Journal
Some question green investment as clean-energy summit nears
Las Vegas Review – Journal
Sempra Energy's 48-megawatt Copper Mountain Solar plant near Boulder City consumed nearly $55 million in federal and state tax credits and incentives to create five permanent jobs. Enel Green Power got $61.5 million in stimulus funds for its … - Gov. Brown seeks to extend California energy surcharge – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles TimesGov. Brown seeks to extend California energy surcharge
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McFadden said the proposal would fund research to develop "innovative and emerging clean-energy technologies developed in California." Investments would focus on small-scale projects, such as installing rooftop solar systems, weaning farmers from …
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