Job opportunities in the news
With 24-hour news stations, the internet, and radio spewing news at you, sometimes it’s easy to miss what’s important. In this case, news about green jobs, currently available and soon to be. So we’ve rounded up some recent items that may affect your own job search - in a positive way:
- Samsung Signs $6.6 Billion Deal to Build Wind and Solar Power in Ontario- Under the terms of the agreement, officials said, Samsung must build four manufacturing plants in Ontario, promising 16,000 direct and indirect jobs over the next five years. The energy generated will be enough for 580,000 homes.
- More solar power to be built in 2010: Between 500 and 600 megawatts of solar power will be built this year across the United States €” about double the figure of last year — according to Larry Sherwood, who compiles and studies such data as a consultant to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, a nonprofit industry group. Key employers would be Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric.
- Indiana Chosen for Electric-Car Plant: The Think City, a battery-powered, two-seat hatchback, is set to begin rolling off the Indiana assembly line in early 2011, ramping up to a potential annual production of 20,000 cars by 2013. Think said it will spend more than $43 million to upgrade the Elkhart factory, which is expected to eventually employ more than 400 workers.
- Confluence Solar to Invest $200 Million in Tennessee Manufacturing and Distribution Facility: Innovation Valley Inc., a regional economic development initiative of Knoxville and Oakridge Tennessee has announced that Confluence Solar will invest $200 million in a manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facility in Clinton, Tennessee, near Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
- Tesla officially calls Chicago home: It appears Tesla Motors has truly sweetened up their Chicago home and officially opened its Windy City doors.
Each of these represent new green jobs - so get hunting and good luck!