by jbs110309d h3 — November 4, 2009—In the process of addressing climate change, the United States could net 4.5 million jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency fields by 2030, according to a new study, “Estimating the Jobs Impact of Tackling Climate Change,” prepared for the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) by Management Information Services Inc.
The report finds that an estimated 1.2 billion tons of annual carbon emissions could be eliminated by 2030 through renewable energy and energy efficiency alone, if the country makes a serious commitment to reversing climate change.
According to the report, about 57 percent of the reduction in carbon emissions would be from energy efficiency and 43 percent would be from renewable energy. Professions that would gain the most jobs include farming, construction, professional services, trucking, and metal fabrication, with job benefits spread across the entire country. The greatest numbers of renewable energy jobs would be in solar power, biomass power, and biofuels.
Boulder, Colorado (Vocus/PRWEB ) October 31, 2009—Infotility, Inc., provider of distributed intelligent agent software that enables utilities and communities to increase the efficiency and utilization of electric grid assets such as solar and wind power, has launched the field-test phase of a Smart Grid demonstration project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in conjunction with The Marin County Office of Sustainability.
The project is a 3-year DOE-funded Smart Grid demonstration of Infotility’s Renewables Integration software, Smart Community Energy Manager software and Smart Facility Energy Manager software.
The final objective is to enable utilities and communities to manage distributed renewable energy supplies such as solar and wind as conventional grid assets, as a foundation and consistent part of their energy portfolio.
This initial project, one of the first DOE-sponsored Smart Grid demonstration projects to enter a field-test phase, will itself serve as a test-bed for development of both software and renewable technologies that future community-based Smart Grid projects will use. Marin County, CA’s Marin Energy Authority (MEA) has submitted a $90 million funding request to DOE to support a regional demonstration including Infotility’s software across over 1,000 commercial buildings and over 5,000 homes in three Marin communities.
The MEA seeks to create a sustainable and renewable energy community, working in concert with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO).
