Green technology: From steel mills to wind farms?

A Spanish wind turbine maker puts down roots in Pittsburgh. Yes, Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH — Steelworkers tending blast furnaces and rolling mills in Pittsburgh 30 years ago could not have imagined that their jobs would turn so green, or that they would be working for foreign companies that needed their skills.

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Reality beckons for geothermal energy dream

EVERY time Resources Minister Martin Ferguson makes an announcement regarding geothermal energy he likes to quote the statistic that just 1 per cent of Australia’s geothermal resources could power Australia for 26,000 years.

But does he really believe it can even power Australia one time over? The pace and quantum of the government funding for geothermal suggests he is not entirely convinced.

He wouldn’t be the only one.

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India All Set To Create Green Jobs In Wind And Solar Energy Sectors

Nilanjana Bhowmick – AHN India Correspondent

New Delhi, India (AHN) – The Indian government is keen on creating “green jobs” especially in the sector of wind and solar power generation. A major chunk of jobs will also be created from managing natural resources like water and land and through waste management.

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