Silver Lining to Bad Economy: Move Toward Local, Employee-Owned, Green Businesses Again
Thousands of employee-owned businesses formed decades ago, and interest is reviving in them now.
Thousands of employee-owned businesses formed decades ago, and interest is reviving in them now.
The state is launching an entrepreneur center, Innovation Forward, and doubling funding for its Innovation Challenge grant program.
If demand stays down as expected in Q1, that should weed out about 75% of China's solar output, bringing it closer to reasonable levels.
The Energy Highway would transmit renewables from upstate to downstate, and the NY-Sun Initiative would get better prices for commercial solar installations and expand rebates for smaller systems.
A court halted California's enforcement of its first-in-the-nation Low Carbon Fuel Standard after a petroleum/ ethanol industry challenge. Now they're gearing up to make Energy a priority in the 2012 campaign.
Both conservatives and liberals opposed the tax credit and the industry is doing fine without it.
The cruise ship industry is a huge polluter, producing black carbon soot and dumping sewage directly into the ocean.
This model could be adopted by other municipalities using DOE's block grant program.
As of January 1, California companies can file as a Benefit Corp., a new legal structure that requires attention to purpose and profit.
Trina is investing almost $12 million for a 31% equity stake.