Clean Technology Basics- by PowerPlant Pro Staff

Clean Tech Basics

You have probably heard of new terms related to energy such as clean tech or sustainability. These are labels that include supply and demand technologies that reduce or eliminate resource use, Resources can include; electricity, water, steam, minerals etc.

What does this mean to you?

It could mean many things in term s of your current employment or even substantially improve your career expecations such as:

1. New jobs
2. New types of facilities
3. New Technologies that:
   • Make your facility enviromentally cleaner
   • Increase the life, performance or capacity of your plant
   • Improve quality of your life, your family and region

Billions of investment capital has gone into energy supply and demand technologies. Areas that have captured the most funding include; solar photovoltaics, solar thermal power, carbon capture, coal gasification, wind turbines, smart grid, and energy efficiency.

There are a number of sites that provide details on these investments. Sources you can use include;

• www.cleantech.com
• www.cleantechenergy.com
• www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Energy_Resources_Materials
• www.windustry.org
• www.climatebiz.com
• www.greenbiz.com
• www.eere.energy.gov

There are many more resources, if you take the time to search.

 

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