Springfield, Missouri - Paul Mueller Company

In Springfield, Missouri - Paul Mueller Company, a company specializing in manufacturing tanks and equipments for various industries, are looking for qualified applicants to fill different positions. The company plans to hire more than 300 persons over the span of 3 years.

For more information, visit http://www.muel.com/CareerOpportunities/CareerOps.cfm.

Alternative Energy Jobs - Joule Unlimited

Joule Unlimited Inc., a company engaged in alternative energy technologies, has various positions open in different fields. With their headquarters located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they also have job openings in their pilot plant in Leander, Texas and their demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico.

For more information, visit www.jouleunlimited.com/careers.

Coolidge, Arizona - Central Arizona College

In Coolidge, Arizona - The Central Arizona College with its Renewable Energy Technology program is accepting applicants for different courses and trainings related to jobs in the renewable energy industry. The program is funded by the US Department of Labor with a $2.2 million grant. They are aiming to train 400 applicants.

For more information, you may visit the CAC Engineering Technology Division.

MotionPower and Harnessing Passive Kinetic Energy

Road humps could someday 

be fitted with technology that can 

harness energy from 

passing vehicles

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New Energy Technologies, a company based in Maryland, is developing MotionPower, a new technology that will harness energy from moving vehicles as they pass through a speed bump. MotionPower, the new technology they developed, collects energy from the impacts and vibrations of tires as they pass through a ramp. The harvested energy can then be used to power devices and structures like street lights and traffic stops.

A Defense of the Energy Agenda Against the US Auto Dealers Assault

US Automobile Dealers are being 

affected by the 

US Government's Energy Agenda

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US automobile dealers are taking matters in their own hands in their fight against the government’s agenda favoring reducing greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fuel development and fuel efficient technologies. Their arguments, although valid, may not be entirely concrete. Here are some points:

Why is Virgin Atlantic’s Low Carbon Jet Fuel Worth Talking About

Hopefully, the airline industry 

will someday benefit from 

Virgin Atlantic's new venture in 

low carbon jet fuel

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Virgin Atlantic will implement the widespread use of a low carbon jet fuel by 2014 and it is making news around the internet. But what is good about it? What are the important aspects that make it worthwhile to report?

What’s Stopping Us From Turning Waste Into Energy

We all know that garbage is one of our main problems when it comes to environmental pollution. But what if we burn it and use it as fuel for our power plants?

Generating electricity from wastes 

through incineration is 

a good way to dispose garbage

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Incinerating our wastes and converting it into a source of electricity is a good idea you might say but, as it turns out, it is not that feasible. That is why, as of now, the trend is to look for alternatives other than this to solve pollution and electricity generation.

Should the Ethanol Mandate, Tariffs and Subsidies Be Allowed to Continue

The US Government boosts 

ethanol production through

tariffs and subsidies

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Talks on the allocation for ethanol tariffs and subsidies will heat up once more as they are due to expire this year. With the current high prices of food products as a result of the nearly 40% allocation of corn for producing ethanol, will it be wise to remove the mandate to reduce this? With policy makers and concerned groups lobbying for the removal of the tariffs and subsidies on ethanol, what would happen if they are allowed to continue?

Peoria, Illinois - Maxwell Technologies

Peoria, Illinois

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In Peoria, Illinois - Maxwell Technologies, a company specializing in energy storage as well as power delivery devices, is opening a new facility in Peoria, Illinois. The new facility will cater to developing and manufacturing ultracapacitors, electric components used in regenerative braking and similar systems. The new facility is expected to open in 2012 and will bring about 150 - 200 new jobs in the next three years.

For more information, you may visit www.maxwell.com.

Do We Need to Focus Investments In Biomass Power Plants Now?

Coal fired power plants 

supply more than a third 

of the world's electricity

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Amid rising prices of electricity and fossil fuels, do we need to focus investments in power plants that use biomass as fuels now?