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From ELPC: Conceived in the 2002 Farm Bill, REAP [Rural Energy for America Program] is responsible for the development of thousands of new clean energy projects across rural America. Farmers and rural businesses are using REAP to build new clean energy projects for wind and solar power, biodiesel, anaerobic digesters and other biomass, geothermal, and energy-saving [...] From the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association: The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) has released the 2009 North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Industries Census, which identified 10,250 green energy jobs in all 100 counties of North Carolina… The 2009 report estimates that the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries employ 10,250 full-time equivalent [...] From Biofuels Digest: In California, cellulosic ethanol pioneer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels announced strategic relocation of its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Mississippi. After having been awarded a $40 million dollar grant from the DOE for a second planned facility in California, BlueFire Ethanol, in 2007, began development and licensing work to build their second biorefinery plant utilizing [...] The report, Regional Strategy for Biobased Products in the Mississippi Delta from the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, finds that there is significant economic development opportunities in the Mississippi Delta. The study found that the Delta region has the infrastructure and natural resources for the successful development of oilseed crushing facilities, biomass densification facilities, cellulosic liquid fuel [...] From Worldwatch Institute: The Sierra Club and Worldwatch Institute today released a report, Smart Choices for Biofuels, A new analysis by North Dakota State University finds that the economic impact of a cellulosic ethanol plant in North Dakota would have a larger economic impact than a corn ethanol plant. While a corn ethanol plant would have $17 million of annual economic impact and create 40 direct jobs, a cellulosic plant was projected [...] A new report by the EESI has released an updated fact sheet listing reports that studied job growth potential in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry. The listed reports include studies focused on international, national, and state developments, as well as potential job growth from specific energy sources (i.e. biofuels, wind, solar). The full fact sheet can be found [...] |
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