Who Will Win The Race For Jobs In Renewable Energy? When it comes to renewable energy innovation and equipment manufacturing, China is challenging the West, and the outcome will decide where millions of jobs go in the future. As The New York Times reported recently, "China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States last year to become the world's largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even further this year. China has also leapfrogged the West in the last two years to emerge as the world's largest manufacturer of solar panels. ... These efforts to dominate renewable energy technologies raise the prospect that the West may someday trade its dependence on oil from the Mideast fo... San Francisco Mayor OKs $150M Bond for Landowners' Energy Upgrades "This green financing program is going to create green jobs and fuel the next wave of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy development in San ... Green energy labels launched by Ofgem ... new labelling plan, a supplier could claim to be helping the environment, but in fact simply be meeting its existing promise to use renewable energy. ... French nuclear power plant acquires U.S-based solar thermal power plant company ... a step towards the nuclear power company's expansion into the concentrated solar power market while also strengthening its renewable energy portfolio. ... Renewable Energy to Be Stored in Underground Caves Magnum Energy says it plans to dig a series of underground caverns that will be used to store compressed air generated by a wind and solar farm in central Utah. The compressed air will run a turbine to produce electricity at times when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. The caves will be hollowed out of a massive salt deposit a mile underground. Magnum says the caverns will be used to store natural gas or liquid petroleum, and some converted to air when the wind and solar farms are running. The company says that when completed, the caves will be able to hold billions of cubic feet of natural gas, liquid petroleum or compressed air, and produce power... Officials celebrate renewable energy investment in Clinton (NECN: Kenneth Craig) - State and local officials are celebrating a major renewable energy investment. Nearly 300 solar panels have just been installed a ... Workshop in Brandon to address renewable energy and farms An informational workshop on renewable energy and energy efficiency issues for South Dakota farms is set from 10 am to 2 pm Feb. ... Regulación Eólica con Vehículos Eléctricos - Renewable Energy Generation Limited (AIM: WIND), the UK renewable energy group, announces that it has purchased six Vestas V80 2MW machines for its ... More energy from renewables A House bill raising renewable energy standards to 30 percent is admirable — and smart to anticipate tax and cost fluctuations. A bill that would boost the ... Leading News Resource of Pakistan The need for exploring alternative and renewable energy resources has therefore become vital for us. Doing so however will require putting in place not only constructive policies for the adoption of renewable and environmentally clean energy resources, but also implementing them effectively. Despite the fact that an Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) does now exist in the country, it has not been able to produce visible results in terms of utilising renewable sources of energy for boosting power production.There is significant potential for alternative energy production across our country according to existing research studies. Wind power is one source of alternative energy th...