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Duke Energy Inks Clean-Tech Deal With China’s Largest Utility

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:54:30 +0000

Two of China and the United States’ largest electric utilities signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing today to share information and explore potential initiatives to produce cleaner power from coal and renewable resources such as wind.

China carbon capture costs worth paying: U.S. energy sec

Anne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:51:19 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) – The huge costs required to capture CO2 emitted by China’s vast coal-fired power sector is a price worth paying to cut greenhouse gases to reasonable levels, U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu said.

Clean Tech Frets as Power of Government\’s Purse Grows

Tina Ngo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:10:11 +0000

NEW YORK — Having scrambled for a government lifeline in the wake of the financial crisis, some “clean energy” developers and technology companies are now urging Washington to help lure back private financing.

Labor Department Grants $7.5M for Veterans’ Green Job Training

Tina Ngo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:45:23 +0000

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis last week announced 17 grants, totaling more than $7.5 million dollars, to provide approximately 3,000 veterans with green job training.

Fields of employment include energy efficiency and renewable energy, modern electric-power development and clean vehicles.

Clean Technology Investment Rebounds

Tina Ngo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:29:32 +0000

A total of $1.2 billion was invested in clean tech, which includes alternative fuels and energy efficiency companies, a 12% increase from the prior quarter, according to estimates by the Cleantech Group LLC.

Clean and green entrepreneurs move on to compete for $1 million in prizes and national title.

Morrison Shafroth — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:37:40 +0000

Clean Tech Open today announced the 12 regional semi-finalists in its clean tech business plan competition. The 2009 Clean Tech Open competition includes more than a $1 million in total prizes and a “100K Jobs Challenge” to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.

Clean tech seen as key to manufacturing regrowth

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:15:43 +0000

The captains of industry who gathered Monday at the National Summit all seemed to agree on one thing: The United States needs to be a world leader in clean technologies. Making the planet greener could help revitalize the country’s ailing manufacturing sector and restore the nation’s reputation for innovation, several speakers said.

Green Jobs By the Numbers

Thu, 28 May 2009 01:22:12 +0000

A steady drumbeat of reports forecast significant growth in all areas of the clean tech economy over the next two years. Obviously, that hasn’t translated to significant hiring.

“Two thousand nine will be a tough year,” Jigar Shah, founder of Sun Edison, wrote me in an email.