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The Solar Energy Revolution Will Be Televised

Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009

Just read this article which talks about the stimulus package and how it will revolutionize solar energy application, innovation and growth. The article mentions that $80 billion dollars is earmarked for solar energy projects , including 6 billion for loan guarantees and a few billion more for other renewable energy ideas. In 2009 and 2010 solar energy usage is going to explode and the best part is all the jobs that are going to be created. Not too mention the savings to be

Virginia Embracing a Green Economy?

Content Keyword RSS | March 11, 2009

Terry McAuliffe emphasizes that Virginia is at a crossroads. We’ve got to create new jobs in this green economy. 118 billion dollars out of the 780 billion dollar stimulus package, is going toward alternative energy. He warns that is going to bypass us because we are not a mandatory state; we’re not doing what we need to do. He pointed at the professor in whose lab we stood and said “You ought to be funded with these new stimulus dollars, you could be the world leader…we ought to be th

What Does Alternative Energy ETF Need For Success?

Content Keyword RSS | March 2, 2009

Our leaders are spouting the slogan “alternative energy is the future,” but what’s it going to take for alternative energy exchange traded funds (ETFs) to really power up (cleanly, that is)? A top priority for President Barack Obama is the reduction of dependence on foreign oil and the revival in renewable power sources that will ensure “another American century,” reports David Biello for Scientific America. Obama has recently signed off the stimulus package that included $15 billion to …

Welch Touts Boost for Solar Energy Investments

Content Keyword RSS | March 1, 2009

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch says he hopes Vermont-based solar energy companies will be given a boost by a provision he got into the recently passed federal stimulus package.