The Green Jobcast, episode 16, is a short news segment with information about green jobs making headlines across the country. (download mp3) 3 minutes

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Hartford-based Northeast Utilities’ Western Massachusetts Electric Co. unit is soliciting site proposals as well as contractors and suppliers to build New England’s first large-scale solar energy system.

WMECo plans to install up to 3 megawatts of photovoltaic facilities during 2010 and will begin its solicitation of potential sites in the coming weeks. Up to six megawatts of solar facilities will be built — enough to power 6,000 homes. Construction is expected to begin in early 2010.

In Colorado E2Logicx Solar is planning to create 130 new jobs when it opens a new manufacturing facility and its world headquarters in Brush. The 18-month construction period for the new facility is expected to begin in late winter of 2010. the plant would fill many of its 130 permanent positions through creating internship and job-training programs.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants world leaders meeting this week at the UN to know that by reducing global warming they could be creating 10 million new green jobs – Blair stated that the 10 million new jobs would stem from initiatives to cut greenhouse gases. He released the report in New York showing that a global climate agreement could increase the world’s GDP by 0.8 percent by 2020, as compared to doing nothing.

In Tipton County Indiana,… 3 separate governing bodies approved a set of incentives that keep the county in the running for Apex, a solar-energy company that could create hundreds of jobs.

The county commissioners, county council and redevelopment commission OK’d a resolution that spells out incentives the county will offer to land the company. The firm is interested in the vacant Getrag Transmission Manufacturing LLC building at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Indiana 28. Officials say Apex would invest $450 million in property improvements and equipment and create 850 jobs.

More Wind Power = More U.S. Jobs according to a new Report: The rapidly growing U.S. wind industry could well create new manufacturing opportunities and restore jobs lost in the recent economic downturn, according to a new report by researchers at Duke University’s Center for Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC).

Global wind capacity has grown at an average rate of 30% per year over the past decade and the United States is currently the world leader in producing wind power. The report entitled, “Wind Power: Generating Electricity and Employment,” reveals hidden economic opportunities that exist within the supply chains that provide parts and labor for the wind power industry.

“Every time a wind power project is installed it creates jobs, not only in the manufacturing sector, but also for structural engineers, surveyors, mechanics, sheet metal workers, machinists, truck drivers, construction equipment operators and wind turbine operators,” the reports author noted.

Website: www.cggc.duke.edu/environment/climatesolutions/