Cool the Engines
Special to The Green Register by Kyle Crider, Manager – Environmental Operations, Ecotech InstituteWe keep getting hotter Movin' way too fast If we don't slow this fire down We're not gonna last Cool...
View ArticleWe're now accepting applications for the POWER UTILITY TECHNICIAN Program!
We're now taking applications for Ecotech's new two-year Power Utility Technician degree program! This program, which will launch in October, will help fill a need in the power utility sector as a...
View ArticleA Cleantech Visit from St. Nicholas
A Cleantech Visit from St. Nicholas’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Congressional Halls, Not a Representative was stirring (it being Recess, and all). The bills were hung by the...
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Who’s Afraid of a Cleantech Job?
Special to The Green Register by Kyle Crider, Manager – Environmental Operations, Ecotech Institute“Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.” ~Author Unknown As part of an exciting new...
View ArticleWhat does a Wind Energy Technician do?
In this age of rapid energy use and decreasing natural resources, renewable energy is becoming increasingly important. Wind is a clean, renewable source of energy that is joining the ranks of...
View ArticleWalking the Talk – Putting the Ecotech Lifestyle in Practice
“We don’t go running away from our values. We go drifting away, and one day wake up in a place we never meant to be, drifting in a direction we would have never chosen.” ~John G. Blumberg, Good to the...
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Energy Efficiency: When Less (Energy) Equals More (Jobs)
“Energy efficiency is an excellent, bipartisan and affordable way to immediately grow our economy and create the kind of jobs the 21st century economy demands. The bipartisan energy efficiency plan...
View ArticleEcotech in Focus: Students and Jobs
How many people does it take to change the world? The answer, of course, is just one. But almost 500 are learning how to change the world for the better at Ecotech Institute. One-hundred and thirteen...
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Debunking Myths and Expanding the U.S. Wind Energy Industry: Recent Updates...
Change is always blowing in the wind energy industry. Here are three new advances in wind energy technology from the past couple of months. Offshore wind energy farms are common in Europe but only on...
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Who Is Winning at Solar Energy? Industry Updates from Around the U.S.
Down goes the cost of solar energy technology. Chart from the U.S. Department of Energy. There’s never been a better time to look for jobs in the solar energy industry. The U.S. Department of Energy...
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Meet the Brains behind the “Energy Moonshot”
Image credit: Fast CompanyBatteries made with chemicals that we mine from rhubarb plants, rather than expensive metals taken out of the earth. Magnets that clip onto electrical lines and reroute...
View ArticleOf Negawatts and Energy Managers
“Energy-saving technologies keep improving faster than they’re applied, so efficiency is an ever larger and cheaper resource.” ~Amory Lovins Energy efficiency is the low-hanging fruit of our...
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Welcome to the Anthropocene!
“Is it time to call an end to the epoch we live in and declare the dawn of a new time period: one defined by humanity’s imprint on the planet?” ~Ian Sample, Science Editor, The Guardian Anyone who...
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Renewable Energy Costs Dropping: Treats, Not Tricks
“The price of utility-scale solar power is 59 percent below where analysts thought it would be at this point back in 2010.” ~Jeff Spross, ClimateProgress, quoting recent National Renewable Energy...
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Climate's Big Deal
“After the largest climate mobilization ever, the world’s two biggest polluters – the United States and China – announced their most ambitious climate action yet…. John Kerry was right to use the...
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12 Clean Energy Articles to Start the New Year
2014 brought some amazing milestones in clean energy and sustainability. 2015 could be even more amazing. Clean Technica articles on New Year's Eve 2014. I admit it. I am an information junkie. I have...
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Should Homeowners Lease or Buy Solar Panels?
There is no doubt that installing solar panels on your home can have a number of benefits. According to a recent article in Forbes, installing solar panels can reduce your carbon footprint and help...
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