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Top 5 U.S Green Business Schools
Here are the top five business schools for those seeking to maximize the likelihood of securing an environmentally oriented job. This list was compiled by by US Green Technology and they are presented in ascending order by the cost of tuition cost. Portland State University School of Business Administration The MBA program at this school [...]
DOE Launches $10M Race to the Rooftop Competition
Late last week the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the newest part of its SunShot Initiative, Race to the Rooftop, a $10 million cash reward for teams to reduce the non-hardware costs of small solar. Under the competition the first three teams that can reduce non-hardware costs of solar to $1 per watt for [...]
The Philippines Passes Renewable Energy FiT
In a historic day for renewable energy in The Philippines, the country approved a feed-in tariff (FiT) that convers small hydro, biomass, wind, and solar. It postponed including ocean energy for further study. The government previously announced the FiT for geothermal separately, in what it calls a “geothermal crash program.” It raised the rates to provide incentives to [...]
Bangladesh Hits 1 Million Solar Systems Milestone
In one of the poorest countries on the planet a renewable energy service company is installing one thousand solar home systems – a day. Not in its capital or busy urban centers, but where 80 percent of the population lives – in rural Bangladesh. The company, Grameen Shakti, literally translates as rural energy. By the [...]
U.S Military: Pioneering Mobile Clean Energy Technology
Over the course of the past half-century, the U.S. military has proven prescient when it comes to developing and implementing new technology. From satellites to microwave technology to the internet to cellular phones, the military has taken the lead on nearly every significant technological advance that has later swept the private and consumer markets. Now, [...]
Analysts Banking on Solar Stocks
Three weeks ago, I wrote to you about Goldman’s upgrading of the solar sector. I concluded by saying that my top pick was the same as Goldman’s: JASolar (NASDAQ: JASO). It was tradingfor $4.64 that day. Today? If you’d have taken my advice, you could be sitting on a 33% gain inthe same time the [...]
Rio+20: The Aftermath
Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, has come and gone. The global environmental community certainly had high hopes for this event, described as the biggest UN conference ever. With such outsized expectations, some people were bound to be disappointed… and in this case, a great many people felt let down by the conference. [...]