Like many of her Caribbean neighbors, the Bahamas faces an unusual conundrum. The island nation is blessed with an abundance of intense year-round sunshine, but it lacks the infrastructure – political, educational, technical – to take advantage of this solar bounty. Fortunately, the situation is changing. In regions like Ontario, Germany, and Japan – countries [...]
It’s started to happen already. America has begun mobilizing its troops for the green revolution. This movement is still very much in its infancy – but it’s growing steadily. People are beginning to realize the tremendous influence our men and women in uniform can have in building a cleaner and greener future. The Veterans Workforce [...]
Over the past few months, I can count at least two fires that were a direct result of faulty solar PV installations – one in Pennsylvania and another in New Jersey. On the surface, two solar fires is not a whole lot – not when you consider how many diesel generators, power lines, and automobile [...]
This story is continued from Part 1 of "Why Are There So Many Solar Jobs in Florida and the Rest of the Country?" Reason 3: Solar Energy Is Visible On a lazy Sunday drive, you might see a wind farm or two. Drive a little further, and you might see an ethanol-processing center on the [...]
Last year, the national economy grew a sluggish 0.7% while the solar industry grew a whopping 7% over the same period. In a time of high unemployment, 7,000 new solar jobs emerged across the country, many of them, not surprisingly in Florida – the Sunshine State. What is exactly behind this sudden burst of solar [...]
Professional training used to be the path to salvation. Enroll in a school Take on a little debt Party and study Graduate Enter the workforce Pay off your student loans Start saving for retirement But with the economy being what it is, an alarming number of students graduate with zero job prospects, a mountain of [...]
Renewable PV Energy Education Jamaica. In many solar hotspots around the world, policy is one of the primary drivers behind widespread renewable energy adoption. In Germany, Ontario, Florida, and Japan, for example, politicians have successfully enacted a range of solar incentives to boost photovoltaic installations. But in Jamaica, this type of government involvement may not [...]
Solar Certificates and Certification We receive this question a lot - “What is the difference between solar certificates and certification?” The distinction is important because there is no shortage of solar installation schools across the country – many of them excellent, many of them not. Before signing up, you want to know that [...]
You’re undoubtedly familiar with military recruiters visiting high schools and college campuses to enlist students in the armed forces. Huge debates have raged over the issue, with supporters on both sides of the aisle pointing to everything from free speech to gay rights to the role of federal government in publicly funded schools. But what [...]
According to a recent Pew Charitable Trust report entitled, “Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race,” the United States overtook China in green energy investments during 2011 after lagging behind for the previous two years. When you add up asset finance, public markets, venture capital, and small distributed investments together, we spent $48.1 billion compared to [...]
