Video: How the smart grid is changing the job market in Illinois
As clean energy job growth outpaces conventional energy sectors like coal in Illinois, new opportunities are being created in both rural and urban areas of the state.
In Chicago and Iowa, contrasting tales of building a clean energy economy
As former industrial communities seek to rebuild their economies around clean energy, two cities in the Midwest provide examples with starkly different outcomes.
Midwest
Wind and solar supply chains thrive in Midwest states
Wind and solar energy support about 30,000 jobs at about a thousand companies in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, according to a recent series of reports.
News
Q&A: Holmes Hummel on the challenges facing cleantech
Entrepreneur and policy expert Dr. Holmes Hummel says cleantech can thrive in the U.S., but it still faces formidable obstacles.
Opinion
Commentary: The time is now, and the place is the Midwest
The Midwest, with its world-renowned Universities and research labs, has all the right intellectual capital to kick-start an energy tech revolution.