Good news on the alternative energy front this morning …
Obama Announces $2 Billion for Solar Power
President Barack Obama announced Saturday the awarding of nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that he said will create thousands of jobs and increase the country’s use of renewable energy sources.
The two companies that will receive the funds from the president’s $862 billion economic stimulus are Abengoa Solar, which will build one of the world’s largest solar plants in Arizona, creating 1,600 construction jobs; and Abound Solar Manufacturing, which is building plants in Colorado and Indiana. The Obama administration says those projects will create more than 2,000 construction jobs and 1,500 permanent jobs.
XX Finally! Too bad it took the employment numbers crapping out to get this kind of alternative energy push. Now we need to see more. Electrified railroad, anyone?
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