Green Options

There’s good news for the future of green-collar employment, but it comes with a caveat: maximizing job growth in green industries will require the right public policy support. That means law-makers need to approve measures such as a renewable portfolio standard, incentives for renewable energy, public education programs and adequate funding for research and development.

If such measures are put in place, the U.S. could see as many as one out of every four [...]

The demand for solar energy is expanding rapidly, but one of the industry’s obstacles to even faster growth has always been the difficulty of getting enough silicon to make photovoltaic cells for solar panels.

This week, though, IBM announced a new potential source for much-needed silicon: waste silicon wafers used to make semiconductor chips for computers,

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The City of San Diego launched today a new 1.1 megawatt solar power installation at the Alvarado Water Treatment Plant. The system, which is only the start of a large photovoltaic expansion, will provide about 20% of the plant's power with expected savings of $40,000 a year.

With sunny skies one reason people love San Diego, the city is using this natural renewable resource to green several facilities over the coming years. Eventually, multiple

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