Green Power Projects Around our Nation

I just love technology and what better technology is there than green technology? Well, I do believe that over the past few years, as a nation, we have become more environmentally aware and because of that inventors and companies are finding ways to capitalize on this emerging market.

Today, I am going to take a look at two projects that I feel are noteworthy in hopes that our readers find them interesting yet important to our environment. Let's begin with the nation’s first offshore wind turbine farm that was announced back in mid- July with an estimated ticket price of $1.6 billion.

Delaware Utility and Bluewater Wind are collaborating on this project which will be situated about 12 miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware bringing power to approximately 50,000 homes a year. The remainder of the power will be sold to customers with in the area and the project is expected to begin generating power by 2012. Let's keep our fingers crossed that our government doesn't get in the way of this one.

In contrast to the clean power that we can generate from wind, let's take a look at what the city of San Antonio plans on doing with their sewage. Back on September 11, San Antonio Water System announced it would sell captured methane gas generated from the utility’s treatment center to Ameresco Inc. a Framingham, Massachusetts based energy Service Company.

The city of San Antonio expects to generate $250,000 a year by providing the company with 900,000 cubic feet of natural gas daily and will continue to convert the remainder of the bio-solids into compost that it sells to use in gardens and yards. Although projects such as these are far and few between, our government needs to do a better job of promoting and giving benefits to those companies and citizens who partake in them.

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Solar Power Could Supply Energy to 4 billion Worldwide by 2030

According to the Solar Generation V Report recently published by Greenpeace and the European Photovoltaic Association [EPIA], “Solar electricity can contribute largely to the energy needs of two-thirds of the world's population - including those in remote areas - by 2030.”

The report also estimates that more than 1800 gigawatts of photovoltaic systems will be installed worldwide by 2030. That's enough power to meet approximately 14% of global electricity demand and supply energy to more than 4 billion people.

Not only is solar power beneficial to the environment, it's also quite positive for the economy.

The new Solar Generation report also reveals that the global population of "green collar" workers responsible for the sale, installation and maintenance of photovoltaic solar systems is expected to balloon from 120,000 currently to more than 20 million in 2020 and nearly 10 million by 2030.

These jobs are created locally and therefore promote the economic advancement of local economies in virtually every corner of the globe. Increased dependence on solar power should also hopefully move us closer to more sustainable communities.

Currently, grants and tax breaks are helping facilitate the growth of the solar industry. Hopefully, by 2015 to 2020 the solar field will be cost-competitive with conventional energy sources. One of the main solar companies out there is LDK Solar Co., for more information click here.

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