Energy Information and Proceedings
2009 Michigan Green Jobs Report:
Occupations and Employment in the New Green Economy
Bureau Of Labor Market Information And Strategic Initiatives - May 2009
Summary
The new green economy provides Michigan a dynamic opportunity to rebuild the state’s job base, attract new investment, and diversify the state’s economy. We may be at a tipping point of awareness, understanding, and opportunities that a green economy can provide for Michigan’s workforce, businesses, and communities.
Report: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/nwlb/GJC_GreenReport_Print_277833_7.pdf
Energy Discovery-Innovation Institutes: A Step toward America’s Energy Sustainability
Brookings Institution February 2009
James Duderstadt, Gary Was, Robert McGrath, Mark Muro, Michael Corradini, Linda Katehi,
Rick Shangraw , and Andrea Sarzynski
Overview
The need to renew America’s economy, foster its energy security, and respond to global climate change compels the transformation of U.S. energy policy. Innovation and its commercialization must move to the center of national reform. Not only must a broad range of carbon pricing and regulatory responses be adopted, but major increases in federal R&D are essential along with the deployment of bold new research paradigms.
To that end, the federal government should establish a national network of regionally-based energy discovery-innovation institutes (e-DIIs) to serve as the hubs of a distributed research network linking the nation’s best scientists, engineers, and facilities. Through such a network, the nation could at once increase its current inadequate energy R&D effort and complement existing resources with a new research paradigm that would join the unique capabilities of America’s research universities to those of corporate R&D and federal laboratories.
For a report summary: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2009/0209_energy_innovation_muro/0209_energy_innovation_muro_brief.pdf
For the full length report vist: http://www.blueprintprosperity.org
Podcast and event summary of Feb 9 Brookings Institute presentation of the proposal with Duderstadt: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/0209_energy_innovation.aspx
The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future:
Summary of a Meeting
On March 13, 2008, the National Academies brought together many of the most knowledgeable and influential people working on energy issues today to discuss how we can meet the need for energy without irreparably damaging Earth's environment or compromising U.S. economic and national security-a complex problem that will require technological and social changes that have few parallels in human history.
The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting chronicles that 2-day summit and serves as a current and far-reaching foundation for examining energy policy. The summit is part of the ongoing project "America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs," which will produce a series of reports providing authoritative estimates and analysis of the current and future supply of and demand for energy; new and existing technologies to meet those demands; their associated impacts; and their projected costs. The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting is an essential base for anyone with an interest in strategic, tactical, and policy issues. Federal and state policy makers will find this book invaluable, as will industry leaders, investors, and others willing to convert concern into action to solve the energy problem.
This book is available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12450. or the book can be read online for free.
The Commercialization of Ocean Power
The 1st Edition of Research Reports International's The Commercialization of Ocean Power report is a 65-page overview of ocean power technology and the reasons why it is likely to become a realistic source of renewable energy in the near future.
Growing concerns about climate change, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, and energy independence have pushed the search for renewable energy resources into high gear. While significant effort has been put into harnessing onshore renewable energy, commercial development of offshore renewable energy is just beginning. The ocean is a vast source of energy and the technology exists to capture this energy and convert it into power through waves, tides, currents, and temperature gradients.
The Commercialization of Ocean Power identifies the ocean power technologies available for commercial installation today and discusses the factors which are encouraging or hindering their deployment. Visit to http://www.researchreportsintl.com/products/product.cfm?report_ID=143 learn more.
University of Michigan February 2007 Symposium:
Energy Science, Technology & Policy: Facing the Challenge
A pdf file with the written transcripts from the 2007 Energy Challenge Symposium can be found at http://www.drda.umich.edu/contacts/ovpr/ESTPsymposium.pdf