Consultants on Alternative Energy
The alternative energy consultants tell us that the transition from the petroleum-driven economy and society will not be a smooth one, on the whole. The amount of new technologies and infrastructures that need to be developed and built is staggering—even as Germany achieves powering 10% of the entire nation through the use of wind [...]
The Future of Green Collar Jobs - ASES Job Report
Historically, jobs have been more or less put into 1 of two categories. White collar, meaning an office environment, and Blue collar, meaning manual labor. Now a third sector is beginning to emerge: Green Collar Jobs.
Green Collar jobs are split into two categories, Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE). Up until lately, nobody [...]
Geothermal Power as Alternative Energy
We should be doing everything possible to develop geothermal energy technologies. This is a largely untapped area of tremendous alternative energy potential, as it simply taps the energy being naturally produced by the Earth herself. Vast amounts of power are present below the surface crust on which we move and have our being. All [...]
Applied Materials - A company to watch
Applied Materials, a semiconductor equipment maker out of Santa Clara CA is a company to watch. Over the last couple months, they have been quietly picking up small, unknown, but solid performing niche companies in the Photovoltaic (PV) field.
In June, APMAT (nyse) put in $475 million to aquire HCT Shaping [...]
Sacramento CA, USA: SMUD Solar Homes Deal
Another 187 solar-powered, super energy-efficient SolarSmart homes will be built in the Sacramento area in an agreement between utility, SMUD and homebuilder D.R.Horton. In the agreement, SMUD provides funding to buy down the cost of solar and energy efficiency equipment in all the homes. Groundbreaking has begun and models are being constructed in the Provence [...]
