The United States has strong potential to produce a billion tons of biomass resources each year for alternative energy uses, according to a report recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy. This alternative energy report is called the 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry.
Ford Motor and SunPower recently partnered to allow buyers of Ford plug-in electric vehicles to charge their cars using a charging station. These plug-in vehicles include the new Ford Focus Electric, which is slated to be available at the start of 2012. The partnership formed on Tuesday permits people who purchase the Ford-SunPower “Drive Green for Life” program to get a charging station that features SunPower solar panels that are attached to the roof of each customer’s vehicle.
A group of Miami organizations recently received a grant of $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Labor that will allow them to provide green jobs training. At least 40 people each year will benefit from this Green Jobs Innovation grant program by participating in six sessions over three years. The training will give them credentials for green jobs in weatherization and construction that are recognized by those in the industry.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it has completed a loan guarantee of almost $1 billion to Agua Caliente Solar LLC for a solar power project that will create 410 green jobs in Arizona. Of the 410 clean energy jobs created by the Agua Caliente Solar project, 10 of the green jobs are full-time operating jobs, while the remainder of the clean energy jobs includes construction positions.
California’s Sempra Generation of Sempra Energy and Pacific Gas and Electric Company said today that they have entered into a contract for 150 megawatts of solar energy at a plant called Copper Mountain Solar 2. The contract will last 25 years, will produce 175 green jobs and is made possible because Sempra Generation’s Mountain Solar complex has expanded in Boulder City, Nev.
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