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Local Green Jobs Roundup: Winsconsin, Iowa, Oregon, and Illinois

By Tracey de Morsella on May 18, 2009 1 Comment Acciona, American Wind Energy Association, Barack Obama, Chet Culver, Chicago, Clipper, electricity, Exelon, green collar jobs, green economy, green jobs, groundcover plants, grow lights, House Bill 3300, Illinois, Iowa, Janesville, Jim Doyle, low-income, Oregon, Oregon Workforce Investment Board, plant life, RecyGrow, Siemens, small wind energy projects, sod, solar photovoltaic, Solar Power Plant, SunPower, sustainable, tax credits, TPI and Trinity, training, Urban Solar Power Plant, WI, wind component manufacturer, wind energ, wind energy production, wind turbines, Wisconsin

RecyGrow hopes to create 500 green jobs in WI. Culver Signs Wind Energy Bill to Bring 2,300 Green Jobs To Iowa. Oregon House Considers Green Jobs Legislation. Exelon and SunPower to Develop Nation’s Largest Urban Solar Power Plant Creating 200 Jobs in Chicago.

US Becomes World’s Largest Wind Energy Producer – Record Year for Wind Energy in 2008

By Chris de Morsella on March 13, 2009 Comments Off on US Becomes World’s Largest Wind Energy Producer – Record Year for Wind Energy in 2008 American Wind Energy Association, Clipper, Denise Bode, General Electric, Germany, jobs, Vestas, wind, wind power, wind turbine

In 2008 the US experienced an explosive rate of growth in installed wind power capacity. Last year the US added an additional 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes) surpassing Germany as the world’s largest producer of wind energy.