One definition of Green jobs is that they contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. They impact agriculture, manufacturing, research & development, administrative, and service activities. Green energy jobs are a vital type of green-collar jobs that are growing in number and have a secure future.
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One definition of Green jobs is that they contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. They impact agriculture, manufacturing, research & development, administrative, and service activities. Green energy jobs are a vital type of green-collar jobs that are growing in number and have a secure future.
For more information please visit: http://www.GreenCollarVets.org
We look at the idea of widescale electrification of the economy as a major climate policy framework and solution. We put this in the context of the Standards, Investments, and Justice "new consensus" on climate policy.
Results from recent Conservation in the West Polls from Colorado College's State of the Rockies project show strong support for protecting the environment.
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Solar Power Cluster In China
China plans to increase their renewable energy consumption to a full 10% by 2010.
It has to be considered that the law includes some very clear penalties for non compliance.
In the most recent report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Missouri was ranked 11th in solar installations last year. The state has been steadily climbing the rankings and had more installations than any other state in the Midwest. Only Indiana ranked in the top 25 among Midwestern states.
The U.S. is currently the third largest PV market in the world in 2014, and poised for massive growth as the economy recovers, driven by falling prices for solar products and government incentives at both the state and federal level.
Study: Utility Sector - Canada - Power Generation - May 14, 2017paul young cpa, cga
This presentation looks at power generation in Canada. The area of focus is renewable energy and also side effects to hydro projects on the overall environment.
We look at the idea of widescale electrification of the economy as a major climate policy framework and solution. We put this in the context of the Standards, Investments, and Justice "new consensus" on climate policy.
Results from recent Conservation in the West Polls from Colorado College's State of the Rockies project show strong support for protecting the environment.
Huge corporations ranging from Intel to Walmart are all stepping up the game, showing that profitability doesn’t need to be compromised in pursuit of sustainability. https://www.sterlitepower.com/blog/working-towards-world-where-sustainability-and-innovation-walk-hand-hand
Solar Power Cluster In China
China plans to increase their renewable energy consumption to a full 10% by 2010.
It has to be considered that the law includes some very clear penalties for non compliance.
In the most recent report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Missouri was ranked 11th in solar installations last year. The state has been steadily climbing the rankings and had more installations than any other state in the Midwest. Only Indiana ranked in the top 25 among Midwestern states.
The U.S. is currently the third largest PV market in the world in 2014, and poised for massive growth as the economy recovers, driven by falling prices for solar products and government incentives at both the state and federal level.
Study: Utility Sector - Canada - Power Generation - May 14, 2017paul young cpa, cga
This presentation looks at power generation in Canada. The area of focus is renewable energy and also side effects to hydro projects on the overall environment.
Miller - The Critical Role of Materials in the PV IndustryGW Solar Institute
Dave Miller, President of DuPont Electronics & Communications, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Stuart Licht, GW Professor of Chemistry, presented at the GW Solar Institute symposium on April 19, 2010. More information available at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Julie Blunden, VP of Public Policy and Corporate Communications for SunPower Corp, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shares research and program updates from the Department of Energy.
Materials generously provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.
Chris Myers, VP of Energy Programs for Lockheed Martin, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Scott Frier, COO of Abengoa Solar, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. For more information visit: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Solar employment in North Carolina grew from 3,100 in 2013 to 5,600 in 2014, adding over 200 jobs per month between November 2013 and November 2014. At over 80 percent year-over-year growth, the North Carolina solar industry grew nearly 40 times faster than overall employment in the state.
The State of Solar Energy, 2014: Is Solar Energy now mainstream? What can we expect for 2015.
This step by step slideshare outlines the facts that put solar energy as the new energy source for the next decade.
Softer Solar Landings: Options to Avoid the Investment Tax Credit CliffGW Solar Institute
Federal tax policies have been an important driver for solar’s recent remarkable growth, but without action during the 114th Congress, the 30-percent investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and other clean energy technologies will expire at the end of 2016. If Congress were to allow this policy shock to occur, the economics of solar investments would worsen, reducing solar deployments in 2017 and beyond. Solar jobs would be lost, and solar cost reductions would be delayed. While these negative impacts of current law are undeniable, their magnitude remains an open question. This policy brief estimates the impacts that current law would have on the solar industry. It also formulates several
policy alternatives and estimates their effectiveness at mitigating the negative impacts of the investment tax credit cliff embedded within current law.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by The Solar Foundation.
The National Solar Jobs Census series is a product of The Solar Foundation®, conducted annually since 2010. The inaugural Census established the first credible employment baseline for the domestic solar industry.The Census surveys solar employers and quantifies jobs across all solar technologies and industry subsectors. Since 2010, employment has grown by 53%, representing nearly 50,000 new U.S. solar jobs.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by James Mueller and Amit Ronen.
Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code” Given the looming expiration of clean energy tax incentives and the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform, the clean energy sector need to be developing pragmatic and politically attuned alternatives that fit within the context of tax reform principles. The GW Solar Institute is launching a research series, Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code, which seeks to develop innovative policy solutions and inform policymakers on the full range of impacts that these potential options could have.
Consensus Recommendations on How to Catalyze Low-Income Solar in DCGW Solar Institute
This research poster was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by Amit Ronen and Anya Schoolman.
Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District. The Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014, developed the recommendation that the city pursue a direct dollar-per-watt rebate program that incentivizes low-income participation and community solar projects, combined with a credit enhancement program that unlocks needed capital.
This project was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and analyzes both the solar potential of low income areas in the District as well as the resulting economic impact a full build-out could have.
This poster was created by Dan Moring and Ekandayo Shittu.
Dan Moring is a Graduate Research Analyst at the GW Solar Institute. He is a a student in the Sustainable Urban Planning program at GW, where his research focuses on integrating and analyzing spatial components of energy and building data.
Ekandayo Shittu is an Assistant Profession at the George Washington University School of Engineering and an Affiliated Faculty member at the GW Solar Institute. His research focuses on the economics and management of energy technologies, the design and impacts of climate change response policies on sustainability efforts, and patterns of consumer behavior in energy consumption in the emerging era of smart grid technologies. He’s a Lead Author on he IPCC Fifth Assessment report on climate change mitigation.
The GW Solar Institute working paper, Bridging the Solar Income Gap, details a wide range of policy tools to increase access to affordable solar energy, particularly for lower income families. These urgently needed tools could help unlock solar energy for all Americans and drive billions of dollars of solar wealth into lower income communities.
The GW Solar Institute, a research partner on the National Solar Jobs Census 2014, joined The Solar Foundation and BW Research Partnership in announcing that the solar energy industry added over 31,000 new jobs in 2014. This remarkable growth rate is almost twenty times the national average and accounts for 1 out every 78 new jobs created in the US since Solar Jobs Census 2013.
Tax Reform, a Looming Threat to a Booming Solar IndustryGW Solar Institute
This policy brief investigates the impact that recent Congressional tax reform proposals would have on the solar industry. As the first policy brief in an ongoing series, it outlines both the challenges and the opportunities for the solar industry within tax reform. The GW Solar Institute's analysis finds that all recent tax reform proposals would increase the cost of solar energy substantially compared to current policy. Even the Baucus tax reform proposal, which includes a 20 percent Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar, would increase costs by 34 percent over current policy due to its drastic changes to current depreciation schedules and the minimal impact from a lower corporate rate. No matter which other broader changes to the tax system Congress adopts in tax reform, additional energy sector policies would still be necessary to maintain solar’s economic competitiveness relative to current law.
This whitepaper summarizes recommendations from the Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014. Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District.
Rhone Resch | Trends in Solar Energy Technology and Costs | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
Solar panel prices have dropped 80% in the last five years, dramatically changing the economics and feasibility of going solar.
Long-time solar industry leader Rhone Resch will talk about the rapidly changing solar energy landscape and where he sees solar going in the future.
Jon Hillis | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Jon Hillis, Vice President, Prospect Solar
Combining Solar with Green Roofs: Find out how Green Roof Integrated PV in urban areas like DC can take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between solar panels and green roof plants, alleviate competition for roof space, and address energy concerns and storm water drainage issues that are prevalent in larger cities.
Hannah Masterjohn | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Hannah Masterjohn, Program Director of New Markets, VoteSolar
Taking Shared Solar Nationwide: Find out how shared solar is expanding nationwide, how it differs from green tariffs, and how different states are attempting to use the policy as a tool to address barriers to low-income solar investments.
Bracken Hendricks | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Bracken Hendricks, CEO, Urban Ingenuity
PACE and Affordable Housing: Find out how Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing can fund clean energy retrofits and help solve broader financial challenges for affordable housing developers, owners, and property managers by providing a new capital solution for affordable housing preservation.
Annie Harper | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Annie Harper, Coordinator, Yale Community Carbon Fund
Lessons Learned from Low-Income Retrofits: Find out how the Yale Community Carbon Fund overcame implementation challenges to implement energy efficiency and renewable projects in low-income communities in Connecticut.
Beth Galante | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Beth Galante, Chief Energy Efficiency Officer, PosiGen LLC
Making Third Party Ownership Work for Lower-Income Clients: Find out how bundling energy efficiency and solar, government incentives, and standardization is helping low-income individuals, families, and businesses in Louisiana achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their energy consumption.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Safalta Digital marketing institute in Noida, provide complete applications that encompass a huge range of virtual advertising and marketing additives, which includes search engine optimization, virtual communication advertising, pay-per-click on marketing, content material advertising, internet analytics, and greater. These university courses are designed for students who possess a comprehensive understanding of virtual marketing strategies and attributes.Safalta Digital Marketing Institute in Noida is a first choice for young individuals or students who are looking to start their careers in the field of digital advertising. The institute gives specialized courses designed and certification.
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7. Sunny Solar Trends
• Solar employment will continue to grow
much faster than the economy.
• America’s support for solar is strong
• Major solar investments planned by
government and business
• Solar growing even faster outside U.S.
8. Cloudy Solar Trends
• Battles between utilities and distributed
solar likely to continue.
• Solar public policies and incentives
remain uncertain
• Solar trade war a drag on growth
• Solar continues to compete on an
uneven playing field
The cost of solar systems has dropped significantly in the past 5 years—80% since 2008. That’s down 99% since 1976.We are about half way to DOE’s goal of reducing solar system costs to $1 per watt by 2020. [I know Jason will be talking more about those efforts.]
A record volume of solar PV capacity was added in 2013, including 2gigawatts ofutility-scale solar and an equal amount of small-scale installations.We should see the green Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) bar increase significantly as a number of large projects are coming online this year, mainly in the desert Southwest.And last year for the first time ever more solar power was installed than wind.However, its important to note that these big growth rates are from a small base. Solar is still a minor part of the U.S. electricity mix, roughly half a percent of total demand.
The 2013 census results found a strong correlation between the states that have the highest solar penetration rates and the most solar jobs.That makes sense because we found that about half of all solar jobs are installation jobs. So not only can those jobs not be outsourced abroad, in most cases they also rely on local labor.California has by and far the most solar installed and the highest number of solar jobs. This graphic shows stats from last year’s Census. Tomorrow we are releasing state by state numbers that will show significant growth in California.[Solar jobs grew 8% in California in 2013, creating around 3,500 new jobs.]But several important caveats in this trend,California actually only ranks 5th now in solar jobs per capita. Vermont has the most solar jobs per capita. Also, while California has over 145,000 systems installed, compared to only 21,000 or so in Arizona the number two state, their actually megawatt capacity it only three times that of Arizona. That is telling us that the utility scale solar installations produce a lot few jobs per megawatt than distributed solar.
This year’s Census dug deeper into some of consumer buying habits to better understand the forces behind these jobs figures. We found that, according to industry respondents, more than two-thirds of buyers are motivated by financial reasons.That was a bit of a surprise. It seems to indicate that while solar has many benefits like pollution reduction, price certainty, or providing backup when the grid goes down, that doesn’t seem to be a primary driver for consumers. It may also show that as the economics of solar improve, the industry is moving beyond early adopters who have historically have been willing to pay a premium for solar for environmental or image reasons.
We also asked respondents about how they think their customers find information about solar power in general. Our finding seem to indicate that in most cases it is the customer seeking information, rather than responding to advertising. We also found in a different survey question that a little over half of those surveyed felt that both the local utility company and their friends and neighbors QUOTE “understood the benefits of solar power.” But about two-thirds of respondents felt their members of Congress could do a better job of recognizing the importance of solar energy.
Our Census is necessarily a snapshot of the sector in a specific time period. I wanted to quickly highlight some of the key policy trends that will impact future solar job prospects:Solar employment will continue to grow much faster than the economy.Solar employment is also expected to grow in 2014 by 15.6 percent, which represents approximately 24,000 new solar workers.America’s support for solar is strongA recent survey found that over 90% of Americans support solar, although less than 1% of people get their power from it. Major solar investments planned by government and businessSince 2009, the Interior Departmenthas approved 25 utility-scale facilities. The largest energy consumer in the world, the U.S. military, wants to use 3 gigawatts of solar by 2025.And President Obama recently signed an Executive Order requiring the federal government to get 20% of its electricity from renewables by 2020The top 25 corporate solar users have increased their capacity by 50% over the past year. Walmart is the leader with 215 installations. Ikea has solar on 89% of their stores. And over 50 million Americans live within 20 miles of a solar powered Kohl’s department store. Solar growing even faster outside the U.S. While the U.S. is now the No. 3 solar market behind Japan and China, we were just about 13% of the world market. With other nations committing to making massive investments in solar,: notably China planning on 40 gigawatts of solar by 2015; and even oil-rich Saudi Arabia wants to install 41 gigawatts of solar in the next 20 years.While U.S. panel assembly capacity is dwarfed by China, we still hold an edge in many of the higher value added PV components.
But not all is sunny for solar power and there are strong counter trends that will determine future growth rates. Battles between utilities and distributed solar likely to continue.We are seeing utilities and supportive outside interest groups focus on slowing the growth of distributed solar installations. These fights are occurring primarily at the state regulatory and legsialtive level, mostly centered around efforts to roll back net metering and portfolio standards that have greatly benefited the industry. For example, last year in Arizona about $9 million were spend in anti-solar campaign style commercials. With solar proponents hitting back with their own ads and organizing efforts to try and sway ratepayers. That dynamic, along with a decline in state incentives, may account for negative solar job growth in Arizona last year. Solar public policies and incentives remain uncertainThe assurance of having an 8-year Investment Tax Credit, which Congress passed in October 2008, has been the foundation for the solar industry’s growth.But it’s nearing expiration. And is effectively done for large scale solar projects that take a couple years to build. What happens next in Congress on tax extenders, tax reform is probably the single most important factor in solar’s future.Solar trade war a drag on growthWhile the industry is split on the solar trade case, which accuses China of dumping cheap PV panels into the U.S. market, the case and the countervailing Chinese tariffs are harming growth. Our Census asked industry respondents about solar trade, and we found that that 56 percent of project developers believe products from China are a good thing for the industry. Just under one-quarter of the surveyed companies said Chinese panels are a bad thing. That makes sense with our domestic solar jobs market being so heavily weighted toward downstream companies who benefit from cheaper solar panels, no matter where they were assembled. Solar continues to compete on an uneven playing field While the level of subsidization for various energy sources is the subject of much debate, solar will still need to face powerful incumbent competitors that do not need to account for the full costs of their generation.