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Can Electric Vehicles Take Off? A Roadmap to Find the Answer

By Yale Environment 360 on April 13, 2011 2 Comments “Plug-in Electric Vehicles: A Practical Plan for Progress, automakers, battery technology, California, car dealers, Climate Change, commuter cars, consumer tax credits, delivery vehicles, demonstration projects, drilling technologies, electric cars, electric drive systems, electric utilities, electric vehicle infrastructure, electricity, ethanol, federal tax credit, gasoline prices, GM, GM Volt, green consumers, home rechargers, HOV lane access, hybrid cars, hydrogen, Indiana University, IU’s Transport Electrification Panel (TEP), John D. Graham, lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion cells, loan guarantees, mass transit, Natalie Messer, national demonstration program, natural gas, New Jersey, Nissan, Nissan Leaf, North Carolina, oil insecurity, oil prices, plug-in hybrid, plug-in vehicles, purchase incentives, recharging occurs primarily at night; more businesses to supply recharging stations, research and development funding, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, special parking benefits, supply chain, Tennessee, Texas, time-of-day pricing, U.S. Department of Energy, used-car market, zero-emission

Electric cars are finally coming to market in the U.S., but what is the future potential for this much-touted technology? A good way to find out would be to launch demonstration projects in selected U.S. cities to determine if, given incentives and the proper infrastructure, the public will truly embrace plug-in vehicles.

DOE Announces $104 Million to Establish Clean Energy Research and Testing Facilities

By Chris de Morsella on December 3, 2009 3 Comments Advanced Batteries, Albuquerque, Argonne, Argonne National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, California, carbon emissions, carbon fiber, Carbon Fiber Manufacturing, Carbon fiber reinforced cable, carbon fiber-reinforced polymer, clean energy, Clean tech, CO, Colorado, composite material, Department of Energy, Development, distributed energy storage, DOE, DOE National Laboratories, energy efficiency, flywheel, Golden, government funding, green economy, green jobs, greenhouse gas, ID, Idaho, Idaho Falls, Idaho National Laboratory, IL, Illinois, kinetic energy storage device, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, manufacturing, Morgantown, N-ZEB, National Energy Technology Laboratory, National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Net-Zero Energy Building, New Mexico, NM, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Poneman, research, Sandia National Laboratory, Tennessee, Testing, TN, West Virginia, wind turbine blade, WV

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $104.7 million in funding for seven new research and testing facilities located in DOE national laboratories. The announced projects will support the development and improvement of clean energy and efficiency technologies that are in the US strategic national interest. The new funding is supporting research in techniques to reduce the cost to manufacture carbon fiber on a large scale; finding ways to improve efficiency and lower costs for car batteries; and for developing net-zero energy building technologies.

Al Gore Addresses Green Building Community at Greenbuild

By Jessalyn Dingwell on November 13, 2009 3 Comments Al Gore, Alliance for Climate Protection, An Inconvenient Truth, Apple, architects, builders, climate, Climate Change, contractors, Current TV, Earth in the Balance, economy, energy dependence, environment, environmental impacts, Generation Investment Management, Google, green building industry, Green Job, green movement, greenwashing, Jessalyn Dingwell, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LEED Gold certification, Middle Tennessee State University, national security, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, Phoenix, retrofitting, sustainable, sustainable homes, sustainable investing, Tennessee, U.S. Green Building Council, USBGC

Al Gore delivered the keynote address to green building professionals at the Greenbuild conference. He praised the leadership of the USGBC for bringing real change to the marketplace. He also urged the crowd to take responsibility for expanding green building globally and to call out greenwashing.

Thinking About a Green MBA?

By Chris de Morsella on October 26, 2009 5 Comments Arizona, Arthur D. Little, AZ, CA, California, CareerBuilder, CO, Colorado, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, CSR, CSR Jobs Report, CSR MBA, D.C., distribution, District of Colombia, Ellen Weinreb CSR Recruiting, energy efficiency, environmental practices, environmental professionals, FL, Florida, GA, Georgia, Green Dream Jobs, Green Economy Post, Green Marketing, Green MBA, Green MBA Program Directory, green packaging, green workforce development, greenbiz, Hawaii, HI, IA, Illinois IL, IN, Indiana, Iowa, Jim Cassio, MA, Maine, Massachusetts, Master of Business Administration, ME, MI, Michigan, Minnesota, MN, NC, Net Impact, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, NH, NJ, North Carolina, NY, OH, Ohio, Online Green MBA, OR, Oregon, PA, Pennsylvania, recent college graduate, reducing waste, sustainability professionals, sustainable business degree, sustainable practices, sustainable product development, sustainable production, sustainable supply chain, Tennessee, Texas, TN, triple bottom line, TX, UT, Utah, Vermont, VT, WA, Washington, Washington D.C., WI, Wisconsin

Are you a recent graduate discovering how difficult the current market is, unemployed, worried you might soon lose your job or just feel that your career seems stuck in place? Are you thinking that now may be the best time to re-tool your career? Going for a green MBA, now, while the job market is stagnant may be a smart move; both for recent graduates, currently unemployed (or underemployed) professionals as well as for those who want to forge a path into a career in corporate sustainability. But what is a Green MBA, why is it important and what schools are offering them? These are the questions this post delves into.

Department of Energy Announces Grants To Establish 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

By Chris de Morsella on May 6, 2009 2 Comments Actinides, Adaptive Materials, advanced catalysis, advanced energy storage, advanced nuclear energy systems, advanced nuclear systems, Albuquerque, Alex Zunger, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Amherst, Ann Arbor, ANSER, Argonne IL, Argonne National Laboratory, Arizona, Arizona State University, Armstrong Neal, atomic scale, Atomic Scale Design, Atomic-Level Synthesis, Austin, Bartosz Grzybowski, Baton Rouge, Berend Smit, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, bio-polymers, biofuels, biomass, Brent Gunnoe, brookhaven National Laboratory, C3Bio, California, California Institute of Technology, Cambridge, carbon capture, carbon sequestration, carbon-neutral energy, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Chapel Hill, Charlottesville, Chas, Christopher Marshall, CIS:HSEM, CITFAM, Clare P. Grey, Clean Energy Technologies, coal, College Park, Colorado, Columbia, Columbia University, combustion Science, Computational Catalysis, Cornell University, Danforth Plant Science Center, Daniel Cosgrove, David Wesolowski, Deleware, Department of Energy, Dieter Wolf, Dionisios Vlachos, DOE, Donald DePaolo, Donald Morelli, East Lansing, efficient combustion, EFRC, Efree, electrical energy storage, electricity storage, electrode components, emergent Superconductivity, Emerging Materials, Energy Conversion, energy economy, energy efficiency, Energy Frontier Research Center, Evsnston, excitonics, fossil fuels, Fritz Prinz, Gang Chen, Gary A. Pope, Gary Rubloff, Gas Separations, General Electric Global Research, Geologic CO2, geological storage of carbon dioxide, Golden CO, greenhouse gases, Grigorii Soloveichik, Gust J. Devens, Harry Atwater, Hector Abruna, Ho-Kwang Mao, hung K. Law, hybrid inorganic-organic materials, Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials, hydrocarbon gases, hydrogen, IACT, Idaho, Idaho Falls ID, Idaho National Laboratory, Illanois, Indiana, Ithaca, J.C. Davis, James Spivey, James Yardley, Jerry Simmons, John Bowers, Kenneth Reifsnider, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Light-Material Interactions, lignocellulose Pennsylvania State University, Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Angeles, Louisiana State University, Malcolm Stocks, Marc Baldo, Maryland., Massachusets, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, materials sciences, Maureen McCann, Michael Nastasi, Michael Thackeray, Michael Wasielewski, Michigan, Michigan State University, Missouri, MIT, molecular catalysts, Molecularly Assembly, Morris Bullock, nanoparticles, Nanoscale, nanoscale architectures, nanoscale material architectures, Nanostructuring, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, natural photosynthesis, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newark DE, Niskayuna, NOCESC, North Carolina, Northwestern University Evanston IL, Nuclear Fuel, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Pasadena, Paul Barbara, Paul Daniel Dapkus, Peter C. Burns, Peter Green, Photovoltaics, plutonium, predictive combustion, predictive computational models, president obama, Princeton, Princeton University, Purdue University, renewable energy, Richard Sayre, Richland, Robert Blankenship, S3TEC CENTER, Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Barbara, Seamus, SECCM, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, self-assembled polymer materials, solar energy, Solar Fuel, solid state lighting, SOuth Carolina, St. Louis, Stanford CA, Stanford University, State University of New York, Steven Chu, Stony Brook, superconductivity, Tempe AZ, Tennessee, Texas, thin films, Thomas Meyer, Tuscon, UCLA, UCSB, United States, University of Arizona, University of California, University of Delaware, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, University of Texas, University of Virginia, Upton NY, uranium, USC, Victor Klimov, Vidvuds Ozolins, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Washington University, West Lafayette, White House

The White House announced that the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science will invest $777 million in Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years. In a national effort to accelerate scientific advances in critical areas of the new energy economy the United States Department of Energy (DOE) will establish 46 new multi-million dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (or EFRCs) across the nation.

2009 Will be a Year of Consolidation in Solar

By Chris de Morsella on March 19, 2009 Comments Off on 2009 Will be a Year of Consolidation in Solar crystalline silicon, First Solar, solar energy, solar market consolidation, solar power, solar PV, Solar PV sector, Tennessee, Wacker Chemie, Whacker Chemie AG

After a run of some years of heady double digit growth the Solar PV sector in the US has hit a period of slower growth in which some of the weaker players are being shaken out of the market. This year will be characterized by consolidation as more successful firms and better capitalized firms build their market share and absorb weaker players. This shakeout was inevitable and is natural, but it was undoubtedly triggered by the financial crash of late 2008 coupled with the bursting of the oil futures speculative bubble and the temporary collapse in prices on the oil spot markets.

German Company Investing $1 Billion in Solar Energy Plant in Tennessee

By Chris de Morsella on February 28, 2009 Comments Off on German Company Investing $1 Billion in Solar Energy Plant in Tennessee Chattanooga, chlorine, Clarksville, Germany, green collar job, Hemlock Semiconductor, hyperpure polycrystalline silicon, OLIN Corp, polysilicon, Rudolph Staudigl, solar cell feedstock, solar energy, solar panels, solar resources, southwestern United States, Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, Wacker Chemie AG

Wacker Chemie AG will build a $1 billion plant in southeastern Tennessee that is estimated to create 500 green collar jobs in the region to manufacture hyperpure polycrystalline silicon, primary material used in the manufacture of solar panels. The company has purchased a 550-acre site about 30 miles northeast of Chattanooga. purchasing the site in Chattanooga will enable it to quickly build up its production capacity outside of the Euro zone in order to meet the projected growth in demand for solar cell feedstock in the US market.