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| Clean Energy Jobs Newsletter
June 5 2012, Volume 24 | | | WHAT CLEAN ENERGY JOBS? THESE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS! Please find below Volume 24 of Environmental Entrepreneurs’ (E2’s) bi-weekly wrap-up of job announcements and project developments in the clean economy. Compiled from news sources around the country, this week’s clean energy jobs report highlights a number of solar, wind and transportation projects throughout the nation, as well as reports of emerging trends in the energy space.
DuPont has inaugurated its upgraded Circleville, OH production facility; the new plant will produce solar power components, and bring 25 jobs to the region each year. Lectrus, a solar equipment manufacturer, announced that it is looking to hire 30 additional employees at its company’s Chattanooga, TN plant, including full-time electricians, welders, painters and quality inspectors. Motech Industries, a manufacturer of PV modules, announced plans to hire new workers to join the 55 employees currently working at the Newark, DE plant.
Atlantic Power has begun work on its 300MW Canadian Hills Wind farm in Oklahoma; the $470 million project will generate enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes. Meanwhile, Consumers Energy is on schedule in construction of the 100MW Lake Winds Energy Park facility. Once operational, the wind farm will account for nearly $4 million per year of direct and indirect economic impact to Mason County, MI.
Read below for more details on the 12 new job announcements in 11 states from this week’s report. To view previous issues of this newsletter, click here.
Spotlight on Applied Energy Technologies  Applied Energy Technologies, headquartered outside of Detroit in Clinton Township, Michigan, is leveraging American ingenuity from the auto industry into a different sector: solar manufacturing. Founded several years go by current president and CEO, Craig Winn, and his team of three engineers from the automotive industry, AET has grown rapidly, increasing from two employees to nearly 50 in only three years.
The secret to their success is in their manufacturing process, employing precision techniques used in automotive manufacturing to make high-quality solar racking systems, the metal frames used to hold up solar panels on the ground or on rooftops. AET’s workforce includes many who were formerly employed in the auto industry, but lost their jobs during the recession. This year AET has doubled its production capacity opening a new plant in Ohio.
For more information on AET, please visit http://aetenergy.com/
| MIDWEST | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ANNOUNCED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | OH
| DuPont
| 25 full-time jobs | DuPont inaugurated its upgraded Circleville, OH production facility; the new plant will produce components used in the manufacture of solar panels.
| Circleville, OH - Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), Sen. Robert Portman (R), Rep. Steve Austria (R-7)
| Manufacturing (Solar)
In Operation
| MI
| Consumers Energy
| 150 construction jobs; 8-12 full time jobs
| Consumers Energy is on schedule in construction of the 100MW Lake Winds Energy Park facility. Once operational, the wind farm will account for nearly $4 million per year of direct and indirect economic impact to Mason County.
| Mason County, MI - Sen. Carl Levin (D), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-2)
| Generation (Wind)
In Progress
| NORTHEAST | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ANNOUNCED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | DE
| Motech Industries
| 4 full-time jobs
| Motech Industries, a manufacturer of PV modules, announced plans to hire new workers to join the 55 employees currently working at the Newark, DE plant; the company is looking to hire employees in specialized engineering, technical and human resource areas.
| Newark, DE - Sen. Chris Coons (D), Sen. Thomas Carper (D), Rep. John Carney (D)
| Manufacturing (Solar)
Announced
| NY
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
| 400 construction jobs; 300 full-time jobs
| The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced plans to build a 222,000-square-foot Green Manufacturing Center in Brooklyn, NY; the company will invest $46 million in the 300-acre industrial park, which received several government incentives including: $7.5M from the New York City Council and $2.5M from the U.S.EDA. | Brooklyn, NY - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), Sen. Charles Schumer (D), Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-12)
| Manufacturing (Clean Energy)
Announced
| SOUTH CENTRAL | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ADDED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | OK
| Atlantic Power Corp.
| 200 construction jobs; 15-20 full-time jobs
| Atlantic Power Corp. announced that work has begun on the 300MW Canadian Hills Wind farm; the $470 million project will generate enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes.
| Oklahoma City, OK - Sen. Thomas Coburn(R), Sen. James Inhofe (R), Rep. James Lankford (R-5)
| Generation (Wind)
In Progress
| TX
| Alstom Energy
| 25 full-time jobs
| Set-up of Alstom’s LEED silver Amarillo wind turbine nacelle assembly is now complete and workers have started assembling 3MW-sized nacelles. In Jan. 2010, Amarillo awarded Alstom a $12.5-million economic development incentive package in addition to a $2.7 million federal tax credit for the plant.
| Amarillo, TX - Sen. John Cornyn (R), Sen. Kay Hutchinson (R), Rep. William Thornberry (R-13)
| Manufacturing (Wind)
In Operation
| SOUTHEAST | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ANNOUNCED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | AL
| Daikin Industries
| 50 full-time jobs
| Daikin Industries announced plans to expand production of lightweight and heat-resistant material used for automotive parts; the company plans to expand its Decatur, AL facility, providing 50 new jobs for workers in the area.
| Decatur, AL - Sen. Jefferson Sessions (R), Sen. Richard Shelby (R), Rep. Mo Brooks (R-5)
| Manufacturing (Electric Vehicles)
Announced
| NC
| O2 Energies
| 50 construction jobs
| O2 Energies is currently developing the 4.5MW Ararat Rock Solar farm in Mt. Airy, NC; the project will use 18,000 REC solar modules manufactured with US produced silicon; completion is expected for Q4 2012.
| Mt. Airy, NC - Sen. Richard Burr (R), Sen. Kay Hagan (D), Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5)
| Generation (Solar)
Announced
| TN
| Lectrus
| 30 full-time jobs
| Lectrus, a solar equipment manufacturer, announced that it is looking for additional employees after a 25,000-square-foot expansion last year; the company’s Chattanooga, TN plant is hiring full-time electricians, welders, painters and quality inspectors.
| Chattanooga, TN - Sen. Lamar Alexander (R), Sen. Bob Corker (R), Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-3)
| Manufacturing (Solar)
Announced
| SOUTHWEST | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ANNOUNCED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | | UT
| Bella Energy
| 14 construction jobs
| Bella Energy announced the completion of a nearly 4 acre solar array, the largest in the State of Utah; the 1.65MW project consists of 6,006 solar modules and will cover 17% of the Salt Palace Convention Center’s annual electrical usage.
| Salt Lake City, UT - Sen. Mike Lee (R), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R), Rep. Rob Bishop (R-1), Rep. Jim Matheson (D-2), Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-3)
| Generation (Solar)
In Operation
| WEST | STATE | COMPANY/PROGRAM | JOBS ANNOUNCED | PROJECT INFO | LOCATION &
DISTRICT | SECTOR/
STATUS | CA
| Marin Clean Energy
| 25 jobs
| Marin Energy announced plans to install a nearly 1 MW rooftop solar power in Marin County, CA; the San Rafael Airport project would consist of 5,000 solar panels, spread throughout the 48 existing aircraft hangars, becoming the largest solar array in the area; completion is expected for Fall 2012.
| San Rafael, CA - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D), Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-6)
| Generation (Solar)
Announced
| CA
| NRG Energy
| 1,500 full-time jobs
| NRG Energy is looking to build at least 200 Freedom Station electric vehicle charging sites in California, including the Los Angeles Basin, San Joaquin Valley, San Diego County and San Francisco Bay Area. NRG has initially invested $102.5 million into the project.
| Throughout California - Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D)
| Electric Vehicles
Announced
| NOTE: Each of these job numbers were culled from publicly available announcements of new clean energy ventures. "Status" is used to informally categorize the stage of development of a project, with "in operation" meaning a energy project that has gone live, or a manufacturing facility that is on line. "In Progress" is used for any project in construction or any program just starting, and "Announced" captures those projects in earlier stages of development. Inclusion in this newsletter is not an indication of E2 support for any individual project.
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