Resources

Building a Clean Energy Assembly Line

bga_reportThis report, put together with research by the Renewable Energy Policy Project in collaboration with the Blue Green Alliance, a Surdna grantee, examines how U.S. manufacturers can realize significant economic benefits from clean energy development.  The report includes a set of policy recommendations that can help revitalize the American manufacturing sector by making the transition to clean energy production, and which would create hundreds of thousands of jobs for American workers.  Especially in the Midwest, where manufacturing once provided the backbone for prosperous communities, a renewed focus on manufacturing may serve as a building block for the post-carbon communities of the twenty-first century.  To read the report, click here.

 

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Grantee Spotlight: WIRE-Net

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Recognizing the vital need to address the impact of plant closings and relocations on struggling manufacturing-dependent cities, WIRE-Net supports more than 200 parts and components manufacturers, with a specialization in the wind industry, and helps link these businesses to valuable community resources, enabling them to embrace innovation to invest in their employees, spur local economic vitality, and improve competitiveness.

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