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Tintable glass maker expanding with DOE help
Siemens Wind Turbine Facility, Hutchinson, Kansas (photo via SageGlass) The long, glass facade on the front of Siemens’ wind turbine component factory in Hutchinson, Kansas, could have been a window...
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Universities become natural leaders in renewable energy
A solar panel at the University of Minnesota’s Morris campus. (Photo by CERTs via Creative Commons) Beneath the campus of Ball State University in Indiana is a labyrinth of pipes 400 feet deep, filled...
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Green jobs, pink slips: Weatherization cuts hit hard
While opponents have targeted the program for cuts, federal weatherization efforts have been among the top job-creators of the stimulus package. (Photo by ilovebutter via Creative Commons) March 1,...
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Study foresees $6 billion impact from Illinois wind industry
A wind farm in rural McLean County, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Lindenbaum via Creative Commons) Wind energy will pump almost $6 billion into Illinois’s economy over the course of several decades, much of...
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Jobs on the line as wind tax credit hangs in the breeze
Trucks line up with turbine components for a wind farm outside Elwood, Indiana. (Photo by Dan Ferber / Midwest Energy News) ELWOOD, Ind.—Every week this fall, 170 workers will toil in the farm fields...
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Toy makers want to be superhero for renewables
KidHydro, KidWind, KidSolar, KidKinetic and Circuit the dog. (Photo via KidWind) Faced with flat electricity demand, cheap natural gas, and an expiring federal tax credit, the wind industry could use a...
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From goats to ‘flying windmills,’ Chicago conference highlights airport...
Solar panels at Narita International Airport in Japan. (Photo by Takashi M via Creative Commons) CHICAGO — “Green taxis” that swap electric batteries within minutes as they take passengers to and from...
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Report: Lack of consistent policy holding back clean energy industry
Workers assemble a wind turbine blade at a factory in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 2006. (Photo by tuey via Creative Commons) The Midwest has the potential for a thriving clean energy industry, but...
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Study: Clean energy sector remains strong in Illinois
A wind farm under construction in McLean County, Illinois, in 2007. (Photo by Samdogs via Creative Commons) Almost 100,000 Illinois workers are employed in clean energy jobs, more than the state’s real...
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Commentary: Wisconsin can still lead on renewable energy
Tom Eggert is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. By Tom Eggert Wisconsin has been a leader in the growing solar industry, where more than 1,800 people are employed...
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Commentary: The time is now, and the place is the Midwest
By Becky Schultz and Sara Hochman The Energy Foundry The Midwest, with its world-renowned Universities and research labs, has all the right intellectual capital to kick-start an energy tech revolution....
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Q&A: Holmes Hummel on the challenges facing cleantech
(Photo by the New America Foundation via Creative Commons) Entrepreneur and policy expert Dr. Holmes Hummel says cleantech can thrive in the U.S., but it still faces formidable obstacles. Those include...
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Wind and solar supply chains thrive in Midwest states
Workers pose at a Wyoming wind farm in 2009; the turbine blades were manufactured by Siemens in Fort Madison, Iowa. (Photo by Duke Energy via Creative Commons) Wind and solar energy support about...
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In Chicago and Iowa, contrasting tales of building a clean energy economy
As former industrial communities seek to rebuild their economies around clean energy, two cities in the Midwest provide examples with starkly different outcomes. Chicago’s Southeast Side and Newton,...
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As clean energy job growth outpaces conventional energy sectors like coal in Illinois, new opportunities are being created in both rural and urban areas of the state. This video explores how evolving...
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