DOE 2011 Critical Materials Strategy Summary
The 2011 Critical Materials Strategy includes updated criticality assessments, market analyses and technology analyses to identify critical materials challenges. It was prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) based on data collected and research performed during 2011.
Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: A “ticking time bomb”
PwC’s ‘Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: the ticking time bomb’ survey is based on a structured quantitative questionnaire. Senior executives from 69 leading companies in seven different manufacturing industries across three regions were interviewed by GBI Research between July 2011 and September 2011.
Energy Disclosure & the New Frontier for American Jobs
Two new reports from the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) show how a new kind of energy policy is creating skilled, export-proof jobs in cities across the United States. Under this type of policy, called "building energy rating and disclosure," owners of large buildings track exactly how much energy their properties use. Armed with this information, they can make changes that reduce their utility bills and those of their tenants — helping everyone’s bottom line.
Green Jobs: 2011 Survey of the Energy Industry
The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a nonprofit professional society of over 14,000 members, issued a survey to its members to determine the need for Green Jobs, Energy Industry Potential, Stimulus Results and Salary Data. The results represented are based on 1,934 responses and are outlined in this report. AEE was founded in 1977 and its mission is “to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for sustainable development.”
Summary of Ratepayer-Funded Electric Efficiency Impacts, Budgets and Expenditures (2010-2011)
In mid-2011 the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), in coordination with the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) and the American Gas Association (AGA), collected industry-wide data on ratepayer-funded energy impacts, expenditures, and budgets for energy efficiency programs from utility and non-utility administrators in the U.S. and Canada.
2011 Critical Materials Strategy
This report examines the role of rare earth metals and other materials in the clean energy economy. It is an update of the 2010 Critical Materials Strategy, which highlighted the importance of certain materials to wind turbines, electric vehicles (EVs), photovoltaic (PV) thin films and energy-efficient lighting. The 2011 Critical Materials Strategy includes updated criticality assessments, market analyses and technology analyses to address critical materials challenges. It was prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) based on data collected and research performed during 2011.
Green Jobs Created or Saved by the Recovery Act
According to a new CSG report, stimulus-funded green jobs topped 51,700 in the sixth and final quarter of the Recovery Act. The report updates past CSG green job reports, the first, released in December 2009, which found that roughly 13,000 green jobs were created or saved in the first quarter of the Recovery Act.
The CLEAN ENERGY PATENT GROWTH INDEX (CEPGI),
published quarterly by the Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. provides an indication of the trend of innovative activity in the Clean Energy sector from 2002 to the present. The CEPGI also ranks the leaders among Clean Energy Patent Owners, along with the Countries and the U.S. States which receive the most clean energy patents.
The Value of Green Infrastructure
This guide distills key considerations involved in assessing the economic merits of green infrastructure practices. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing GI strategies and then, where possible, demonstrates simplified illustrative examples that estimate the magnitude and value of these benefits.
Moving beyond green to create sustainable jobs and a long-term energy strategy
First—back when oil was levitating towards $100 a barrel and Russia was playing politics with pipelines—green energy was the holy grail of energy security. Then, when concern over climate change reached fever pitch, it became the silver bullet to solve global warming. And when the Great Recession struck, it was the panacea for unemployment and falling wages.
OgilvyEarth: Bridging the Gap Between Consumer Intent and Action
As we all know, what consumers say they will do and what they actually do are often contradictory. Consumers may have the best intentions, but how do we actually motivate them to act on these intentions? This is what OgilvyEarth set out to uncover in their latest research.
Clean Edge's second annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index
Clean Edge's second annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis and ranking of how all 50 states, and the individuals, businesses, and organizations that operate there, compare across the clean- energy spectrum.
Show Me the Money: Energy Efficiency Financing Barriers and Opportunities
Energy efficiency represents a significant largely untapped opportunity for meeting the dual goals of financial return and environmental protection. By eliminating wasted energy, the U.S. can reduce its fossil fuel use, move toward energy independence, and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by almost forty percent by 2030 at a net savings to customers.
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