green energy
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2024
A green jobs program touted high wages. Some trainees feel misled.
Clean-tech jobs aren’t yet abundant in every part of the US. And some employers say they’re looking for workers with years, rather than weeks or months, of specialized training.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2024
Sports boats set out on voyage to electrify waters in same way Tesla electrified roads
Arc Boats, a California startup, is starting with luxurious vessels likely to appeal to a small and affluent audience eager to own the latest advances in technology.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
Americans tapped $8 billion in tax credits on green home energy upgrades last year
Far more taxpayers than projected claimed the Inflation Reduction Act incentives on solar panels, heat pumps and other climate-friendly projects, data shows.
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PublishedJune 9, 2024
Our View: Mitigation of climate change must not be lost to its management
We seem eerily good at bracing for and braving the tumult that a changing climate throws our way – and less good at working to arrest the change.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
EU ramps up pressure on China’s green tech with probe of wind parks
The EU exported wind turbines worth $1.98 billion to the rest of the world in 2023, according to Eurostat data.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Gaza has oil markets on edge. That could build more urgency to shift to renewables, agency head says
International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol says wind and solar power could offer a 'long lasting solution' to energy security issues.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2023
India joins rush to renewables, but its rural solar systems fall off grid
About 4,000 solar mini-grids have been installed in India, of which 3,300 are government financed and owned, according to Smart Power India. Only 5% of the government grids are operational, the group found.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2023
The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape
The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up.