Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 4:38:08 GMT -5
California has a thriving clean economy. In fact, the Golden State had more green jobs in clean energy and transportation last year than the other top four states combined, according to a new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Here are a few more highlights:
Innovation. The state is a hub for clean energy innovation. Clean technology patents have grown 26 percent over the past two years, outpacing the nation and the rest of the world. It is the "disputed leader in solar technology patents" according to Next10.org, with the total number of solar patents in the next eight states with the most patents.
Energy production. Total renewable energy production grew 28 percent Canada Mobile Database between 2007 and 2011, and wind power doubled over the same period. Earlier this month, the state broke its own record for solar energy production with more than 15,394 megawatt-hours of electricity fed into the grid, enough for every Californian to keep a 100-watt light bulb lit for four hours. Not to be outdone, the state also exceeded 4 gigawatts of wind power capacity—similar to what California's two nuclear power plants can produce at full capacity, or enough to momentarily power more than 2.5 million homes.
Workplaces. Green jobs are growing four times faster than the growth rate of all other jobs nationwide, with most of them in California, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. EDF's analysis of California's clean economy shows that jobs in key sectors such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean transportation, and advanced storage and materials not only remained resilient during the worst of the Great Recession (2008-2010). ), but also ahead of all other jobs. growth and grew by 109 percent from 1995 to 2010.
The interpretation allows the recycling of plastic scrap containing less than 50 parts per million of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Environmental Protection Agency banned the production, sale and distribution of PCB products in the United States in 1979 due to the health and environmental hazards these chemicals can cause. The Environmental Protection Agency still allows PCBs to be used in what it calls "fully enclosed" applications, such as transformers and capacitors.
More than 90 countries agreed to eliminate PBC by signing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
However, since the ban, PCBs still dominate the ecosystem in the form of transformer leaks, landfills, combustion smoke and pyrolysis, according to Frost & Sullivan chemicals, materials and food industry analyst Sandipan Mondal.
Here are a few more highlights:
Innovation. The state is a hub for clean energy innovation. Clean technology patents have grown 26 percent over the past two years, outpacing the nation and the rest of the world. It is the "disputed leader in solar technology patents" according to Next10.org, with the total number of solar patents in the next eight states with the most patents.
Energy production. Total renewable energy production grew 28 percent Canada Mobile Database between 2007 and 2011, and wind power doubled over the same period. Earlier this month, the state broke its own record for solar energy production with more than 15,394 megawatt-hours of electricity fed into the grid, enough for every Californian to keep a 100-watt light bulb lit for four hours. Not to be outdone, the state also exceeded 4 gigawatts of wind power capacity—similar to what California's two nuclear power plants can produce at full capacity, or enough to momentarily power more than 2.5 million homes.
Workplaces. Green jobs are growing four times faster than the growth rate of all other jobs nationwide, with most of them in California, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. EDF's analysis of California's clean economy shows that jobs in key sectors such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean transportation, and advanced storage and materials not only remained resilient during the worst of the Great Recession (2008-2010). ), but also ahead of all other jobs. growth and grew by 109 percent from 1995 to 2010.
The interpretation allows the recycling of plastic scrap containing less than 50 parts per million of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Environmental Protection Agency banned the production, sale and distribution of PCB products in the United States in 1979 due to the health and environmental hazards these chemicals can cause. The Environmental Protection Agency still allows PCBs to be used in what it calls "fully enclosed" applications, such as transformers and capacitors.
More than 90 countries agreed to eliminate PBC by signing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
However, since the ban, PCBs still dominate the ecosystem in the form of transformer leaks, landfills, combustion smoke and pyrolysis, according to Frost & Sullivan chemicals, materials and food industry analyst Sandipan Mondal.