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1 month ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
At the beginning of February, photovoltaic (PV) solar cell producer ES Foundry, based in Greenwood, South Carolina, opened its new 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The 70-foot-tall facility was previously run by Fujifilm to produce photograph-related products such as inkjet paper. At the grand opening, local officials and industry leaders toured the plant and saw the cells being made in real time, as it had already started production in January.
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1 month ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | PATRICK GALLAGHER |Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
As the world’s most powerful nations rush to secure the strategic resources needed for economic dominance, the U.S. federal government has realized that Utah’s mineral wealth could potentially provide America with a competitive advantage. Recently, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) allocated $6.6 million to the Beehive State for the purpose of critical mineral discovery.
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1 month ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
In mid-December, Kansas City, Missouri-headquartered and 100% employee-owned Burns & McDonnell announced that it had finished building two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa after they were selected as the engineer-procure-construct contractor last April. Their responsibilities included cost optimization, as well as safety and timeline management.
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2 months ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
According to IBISWorld, the Hawkeye state saw growth in its 2024 GDP, reaching ,an increase of 1.8% from 2023. This upward trend in Iowa’s economic growth is set to continue in the coming years following a series of positive actions, including clean energy investments. The Common Sense Institute has reported that, due to state income tax cuts enacted in 2022, the state’s GDP could increase by $1.72 billion over the next decade.
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2 months ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Will Gatchel |Greg Herrigel
Photo Courtesy RobinSavilleThe Clean Investment Monitor (CIM) is a joint project launched in September 2023 by independent research provider Rhodium Group and MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research that tracks public and private sector investments in clean technologies across the United States since 2018. If there’s one major takeaway, it’s that clean energy investments are on the rise.
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2 months ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Jameson Scarsella |Will Gatchel
Some people believe that solar panels are not aesthetically pleasing, which has contributed to hesitancy in adopting community solar arrays on a larger scale. However, new research from Loyola University Chicago published in the December 2024 issue of the Solar Compass journal may have just put a dent in that narrative.
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2 months ago | 
garden-and-health.com | Jameson Scarsella |Will Gatchel
Protecting waterways is critical to maintaining a healthy planet. Without clean rivers and watershed areas, our water supply wouldn’t be healthy, biodiversity would decrease, and we couldn’t enjoy several water sports like crew rowing. World Rowing, the international rowing governing body, is teaming up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for the “Healthy Waters” campaign to raise awareness. The two are working together to explain waterways’ critical role in nature.
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2 months ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
The Clean Investment Monitor (CIM) — a database developed by Rhodium Group and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — tracks private and public funding for the manufacturing and deployment of emissions-reducing technologies in the United States. Since 2022, clean investment has accelerated, driven by incentives for financing clean technology in bipartisan legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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2 months ago | 
thebusinessdownload.com | Greg Herrigel |Will Gatchel
In December, Maine’s Office of the State Economist released its monthly edition of its Maine Economic Indicators report. According to its findings, the Pine Tree State is outpacing the rest of New England and the country in terms of economic growth. One of the key factors to look at when analyzing a state’s economy is its gross domestic product (GDP), or the market value of all its final, domestically produced goods and services.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
garden-and-health.com | Will Gatchel |Jameson Scarsella
When Kentucky was officially admitted as the 15th state of the Union in 1792, it was the first in the United States to be located west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Bluegrass State is named after Poa pratensis, also called Kentucky bluegrass, a long-stemmed plant covering thousands of square miles in the state’s heart that sprouts little blue flowers if left untrimmed or uncut.
