A £6.5 million investment to deliver a new generation of engineering leaders in renewable energy was announced today by the Business Secretary Vince Cable. Leading universities and industry will provide training for up to 50 of the best engineering students as part of a new Industrial Doctorate Cent
Both Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday raised tough questions about Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) plan to increase Maryland residents’… By Aaron C. Davis (washingtonpost) [mappress] Source: washingtonpost, August 31, 2011;
Minister for Energy and Climate Change Charles Hendry was in greater Manchester yesterday to open a newly refurbished manufacturing (menmedia) [mappress] Source: menmedia, August 31, 2011
Gov. Rick Snyder is opposed to the proposed Indian casino in Fruitport Township because those plans “cross the line.” By Dave Alexander (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, August 30, 2011;
Government is dragging its feet on alternative energy, even though Malta faced steep fines if it failed to meet EU targets by 2020, the… (di-ve) [mappress] Source: di-ve, August 30, 2011
Plans to develop an ocean-based renewable energy industry in Massachusetts took some positive steps forward last month with the successful… By Beth Perdue (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 29, 2011
A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country are asking the Obama administration to provide a more… (sustainablebusiness) [mappress] Source: sustainablebusiness, August 29, 2011
Deepwater Wind hailed the announcement by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee that the federal leasing and permitting process for a utility-scale offshore wind farm in Rhode Island Sound is moving forwar
A group of Taiwanese experts visited Germany from Aug. 14-19 on a government-sponsored trip to learn about offshore wind energy and build… By Lilian Lin and Jamie Wang (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, August 22, 2011
Andrew Jamieson, regulation and markets director at Scottish Power Renewables and chair of green energy body RenewableUK, will head with… by Karolin Schaps and Jane Baird (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, August 19, 2011;
During a visit to the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on Thursday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar… By Nick McCrea (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews, August 19, 2011;
As part of Interior’s “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to spur rapid and responsible siting, leasing and construction of new wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromw
BUSINESSES working in the Humber’s expanding renewable energy market say the region’s new Enterprise Zone will provide the confidence needed… [mappress] Source: footprintrenewables, August 17, 2011
U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Representative Jim Langevin, and U.S. Representative David Cicilline announced that U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will travel to Rhode Island
