This report from the U.S. Commerce Department measures the size and economic impacts of green products and services.
The report looks at data from 2007 and finds that green jobs represented at the broadest sense 2 percent of the economy. Among the other findings of the report:
• The number of green jobs ranged from 1.8 million …
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Measuring the Green Economy
Wind’s latest problem: it … makes power too cheap
April 23 (Bloomberg) — On windy nights in northern Germany, consumers are paid to keep the lights on.
Twice this year, the nation’s 21,000 wind turbines pumped out so much power that utilities reduced customer bills for using the surplus electricity. Since the first rebate came with little fanfare at 5 a.m. one October day in …
Finally, some horsepower getting behind NZ cleantech
One hundred percent
By Chris Tobias, a day ago
Originally published in Idealog #27, page 94
It’s 11:23pm and Les Mills tycoon Phillip Mills is still at work, running weary, sounding a bit hoarse and facing the first flight out to Europe the next day. No gym balls or yoga gear today, though—the maestro of health and fitness …
Clean tech potentially worth more than $5bn a year to NZ
Huge potential for New Zealand in the clean technology space:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10639905&pnum=3
Report: State of Green Business 2010
In its third annual edition of State of GreenBusiness report, GreenBiz.com continued to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. This year’s effort was characterised by the Great Recession and its myriad of impacts on individuals, companies, and governments around the world.
Carbon Intensity
Absolute greenhouse gas emissions have shrunk along with the momentum of …
Clean Energy Trends 2010
According to Clean Edge, clean energy has become the driving force for the global economic recovery. In the U.S. approximately $100 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package has gone to clean-tech investments and activities. South Korea’s “Green New Deal” is estimated to commit $84 billion to clean-tech investments by 2013; and China, by some …
