By Chris de Morsella December 28, 2009 biofuel , cellulosic biofuel , chemical technicians , construction managers , electricians , energy efficiency , energy efficiency remediation , energy-efficient appliance , environmental engineering technicians , environmental engineers , global warming , green building , green economy , green jobs , Green Jobs Report , green manufacturing , green supply chain , hybrid vehicle , LEED , LEED architects , Missouri , Missouri Clean Energy Initiative , Missouri Department of Economic Development , Missouri Economic Research and Information Center , Missouri green jobs , operating engineers , organic food , pipe layers , plumbers , recycling , refrigeration mechanics and installers , refuse and recyclable material collectors , remediation of hazardous sites , renewable energy , renewable forestry , solar; , wastewater treatment , wind
The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center recently conducted a survey of state businesses, the Green Jobs Report that found that nearly five percent of the state’s total employment, or more than 130,000 job positions, are now part of the green economy sectors. These numbers are also expected to rapidly grow as soon as the general economy begins to recover.
By Tracey de Morsella October 22, 2009 bioeconomy , biofuels , capture and storage ofcarbon dioxide , detroit , energy economy , energy efficiency , energy leadership , Energy RoadmapMichigan , Illinois , Indiana , Infrastructure Accord , Iowa , Jennifer Granholm , job creation , Jobs Platform , Kansas , low-carbon transportation fuels , Midwest , Midwestern Energy Infrastructure Accord , Midwestern Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Roadmap , Midwestern governors , Midwestern Governors Association Jobs and Energy Forum , Minnesota , Missouri , Ohio , pipelines , Platform for Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy , renewable electricity , smart grid , South Dakota , sustainable workforce , transmission capacity , Wisconsin
At the Midwestern Governors Association Jobs and Energy Forum held in Detroit last week, the group released its Platform for Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy (Jobs Platform) and the Midwestern Energy Infrastructure Accord (Infrastructure Accord). These two documents are part of an effort by these Governors to position the Midwest as a leader in the new energy economy.
By Tracey de Morsella June 16, 2009 ABB , advanced lithium-ion batteries , Argonne National Laboratory , Associated Electric Cooperative , BASF , cathode material production , composite cathode materials , DeKalb County , Department of Energy , DOE , Duke Energy , Electric Car Battery , electric cooperatives , electric transformers , Elyria , GE Energy , green jobs , Green Jobs Grant , Iowa , Jefferson City , Lost Creek Wind Farm , Milwaukee , Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps , Mini Solar Plant , Missouri , Mo. , NC , North America , North Carolina , OH , Ohio , Oklahoma , SCA. Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board , solar distributed generation program , St. Louis , Student Conservation Association , U.S. Conference of Mayors , United Auto Workers , Wal-Mart Foundation , WI , Wind Capital Group , wind energy development , wind farm , wind turbines
A new wind farm in Missouri will create 2500 green jobs. Duke Energy will be building mini solar plants in North Carolina. Argonne National Laboratory and BASF have established a partnership to build an electric car battery plant in Ohio. The Milwaukee Conservation Leadership Corps was named as a $550,000 grant recipient at the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
By Chris de Morsella May 6, 2009 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.
By Chris de Morsella May 3, 2009 algae biofuel , Barack Obama , biodiesel , biofuels , California , carbon dioxide , CO2 , Corn Ethanol , Danforth Science Center , electromagnetic pulse , Energy Frontier Research Centers , Environmental Research Letters , ethanol , extract oil , FedEx , fossil fuels , Fred Smith , global warming , greenhouse gas , jatropha , kinetic efficiency algal-based fuel production , Los Angeles , maize ethanol , Michael O'Hare , Missouri , National Academy of Sciences , OriginOil , Richard Sayre , second-generation biofuels , St. Louis , switchgrass , thermodynamic efficiency , ultrasound , University of California Berkeley
In this first post of the BIOFUEL UPDATE — a newly introduced feature of The Green Economy Post — I write about how so called first generation Biofuels such as Corn Ethanol that are derived from food crops or grown on land that otherwise would be used for food crops may be worse for global warming than burning gasoline is! This reconfirms in my mind the pressing need for the biofuel sector to move towards non-food biofuel crops that also are grown on marginal land; crops such as algae, switchgrass, jatropha etc. In other news the Danforth Science Center in Saint Ls. MO gets $15 million in federal funds. Fedex announces plans to get 30% of its fuel from second generation non-food crop biofuels by 2030. OriginOil has developed a simpler and more efficient way to extract oil from algae.
