Signature Stories

The clean energy economy is unfolding in the United States. Use the slide on the right and the bottom, or just move your cursor to navigate this interactive map.  Check back often to find new signature stories from across America.

Signature Story Index

Company/Organization Location Story Topic
Nordex USA Jonesboro, AR Watch out, Wal-Mart–Wind Manufacturing is the New Kid on the Block in Arkansas
Blythe Solar Plant Blythe, CA Blythe Solar Plant Signifies Bright Energy Future for CA
BrightSource Energy Ivanpah, CA California Solar Plant Generates Clean Power and Jobs
California Utilities Sacramento, CA Pushed by State, California Utilities Seek Clean Energy
CalCars Corte Madera, CA 100 MPG
Community Fuels Stockton, CA Stockton Biodiesel Plant Counts On Stimulus To Expand
Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 16 Alameda, CA Stephanie Skubiak Sees Insulation Work Heating Up As California Goes Green
IBEW Local 595 Oakland, CA Tanya Pitts Sees a Well-Lit Career Path in Advanced Lighting
Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, CA LA Apollo Helps City Adopt Landmark Green Jobs Ordinance
Marin City Community Development Corporation Marin, CA Marin City’s Green Energy Training Initiative
Oakland Green Jobs Development Oakland, CA Oakland Develops Green Jobs Training
Oakland Green Jobs Corps Oakland, CA Oakland Green Jobs Corps Graduates First Class
Oakland Tech High School Oakland, CA California Brings Green Job Training to High Schools
Port of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Port’s New Trade Is Clean and Green
Recology San Francisco, CA Recology Pursues Zero-Waste in Bay Area
San Diego Green Careers in Weatherization San Diego, CA San Diego Creates Green Pathways Out of Poverty
Serious Materials Sunnyvale, CA Talk About a Window of Opportunity
Solar Richmond Richmond, CA Bay Area Partnership Spurs Energy and Good Jobs
Rising Sun Energy Center Richmond, CA Clean Energy Training Helps Unemployed Find Green Jobs
Sand Canyon Surgicenter Irvine, CA Sand Canyon Surgicenter goes green with blue wrap recycling
Balqon Corporation Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Clean Ports Program Benefits Environment, Workers and Local Community, as it Creates Demand for Clean Trucks
GRID Alternatives CA The “Teaching Hospital” of Solar: GRID Alternatives
Torrance Transit Authority Torrance, CA Recovery Act Funds Ten New Hybrid Buses for Torrance, CA
U.S. Army Fort Carson, CO Army’s Olive Drab Turns Brighter Shade of Green
Veterans Green Jobs Denver, CO Veterans Have a New Mission: Making America More Secure Through Conservation Service and Energy Efficiency
Gainesville Regional Utilities Gainesville, FL Lessons from the Gainesville Feed-In Tariff Program
Mainstream Engineering Corp Rockledge, FL Small Businesses Leading the Way in Clean Energy Innovation
Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Gainesville, FL Solar Energy Prospects Look Bright in Gainesville
United Parcel Service Atlanta, GA UPS: A Pioneer in Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
Hawaii Honolulu, HI In Face of Soaring Energy Costs, Hawaii Turns To Sun
ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor East Chicago, IL
DOE – Industrial Technologies Program
Iberdrola Renewables, Streator Cayuga Ridge Illinois Department of Treasury – Section 1603 Grant-in-Lieu-of Tax Credit Program
Chicago Chicago, IL Greening Chicago One Roof At A Time
United Solar Ovonics, Montcalm Community College Urbana, IL United Solar Ovonics Partners with Montcalm Community College
Vision Energy Kankakee, IL Vision Energy’s $1 Billion Wind Bet in Illinois
Abound Solar Tipton County, IN Abound Solar: A Bounty for Tipton County
Allison Transmission Indianapolis, IN Moving Cleaner Goods: The Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Initiative and Allison Transmission Partner to Produce Clean Trucks
Brevini Wind Muncie, IN A Breath of Fresh Air: Wind Power Revivifies Muncie
Electrical Training Institute Indianapolis, IN Gearing Up for the Green Economy: The Indianapolis Electrical Training Institute and IBEW Local 481
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697 Muster, IN The Power of One: Tracy Hall Brings Renewable Energy to Northwest Indiana
Sunrise Solar St. John, IN Sunrise Solar Inc.: Powered by Passion
Red Rock Wind Energy, Emmet County Energy Etherville, IO Community-Owned Is Business Model for Two Wind Farms in Iowa
TPI Composites, Trinity Structural Towers Newton, IO In Country’s Center, A Gale of Clean Energy Opportunity
Greensburg, KS Greensburg, KS On Kansas High Plains, There’s No Place Like A Clean Energy Home
Conservation Corps of Greater New Orleans New Orleans, LA Green-Collar Job Training after Katrina
Evergreen Solar Devens, MA Evergreen Solar Finds Profit In The Sun
Green Justice Coalition Boston, MA Massachusetts Apollo Wins Key Victory
Litecontrol Hanson, MA Litecontrol Illuminates Energy Efficiency
Massachusetts Boston, MA Bay State’s Clean Energy Development Strategy
New Bedford New Bedford, MA Clean Energy Sector Seeks Foothold in Struggling New Bedford
WUWA Massachusetts, New Jersey, California Department of Labor – Green Job Training
B’More Green Baltimore, MD B’More Green: Turning Ex-Cons Into Conservationists
American Seating Company Grand Rapids, MI Recovery Act Creates Jobs in the Transit Supply Chain
Astraeus Wind Eaton Rapids, MI Michigan Wind Manufacturer Astraeus, Named after Greek Mythology’s Father of the Four Winds, Hopes to Father a New Generation of Wind Turbines
Clean Light Green Light Mount Clements, MI Michigan Company Bright on the Future of LED Lighting
Delta College University Center, MI Green Job Training Dawns at Delta College
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice Detroit, MI Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Fisher Coachworks Troy, MI Hybrid Bus Project Gets Rolling in Detroit
Flip the Script Detroit, MI Flip the Script
General Motors Detroit, MI Can An Electric Whirr Secure the Auto Industry’s Future?
General Motors Flint, MI General Motors Averts the Landfill by Repurposing and Recycling By-Products
Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Corning Hemlock, MI A Solar Powerhouse Where? In Michigan
Heritage Sustainable Energy McBain, MI Martin Lagina, Career Oilman, Turns to Wind Power
Mariah Power, MasTech Manistee, MI Michigan’s Sun, Wind Sprout New Clean Energy Jobs Sector
Mascoma Corporation Sault Sainte Marie, MI In Michigan, Liquid Fuel From Wood
Michigan State University Biofuels East Lansing, MI With Right Grass, Biofuels Make Sense
University of Illinois Greenville, MI Gallon For Gallon
Wixom Clean Energy Manufacturing Center Wixom, MI Former Ford Plant Renewed as a Renewable Energy Manufacturer
Duluth Seaway Port Authroity Duluth, MN Clean Energy Trade Lifts Great Lakes Port
Hiawatha Rail Line Minneapolis, MN Fast Track For National Rail Transit
Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone Kansas City, MO Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone – A Vision for 21st Century Urban Renewal
Kokam America Lee’s Summit, MO America Invests in Advanced Battery Manufacturing
Loess Hills Wind Farm Rockport, Mo Big Wind Lessons from a Little Missouri Town
Lost Creek Wind Farm DeKalb County, MO Lost Creek Wind Farm Turbines Made in the USA
Montana – Alberta Tie Line, Tonbridge Power Montana DOE – Western Area Power Administration Borrowing Authority
HELP of Southern Nevada Nevada Department of Energy (DOE) – Weatherization Assistance Program
Garden State Alliance for a New Economy, Laborers’ International Union of North America Eastern Region Newark, NJ Laborers Join Newark to Train Residents in Weatherization
Newark Newark, NJ Newark’s Green Future Summit
Apollo’s Fire Newark, NJ From Brownfields to Green Neighborhoods
The Green Future Summit Newark, NJ Newark’s Green Future
Nevada Solar One Boulder City, NV New Solar Plant in the American Desert
Babylon, Town of Babylon, NY Babylon’s Lending Program Produces Improved Home Energy Efficiency
Clinton Community College Plattsburgh, NY Harvest The Wind In Upstate New York
Green Jobs/ Green New York Act New York State, NY New York Invests in Green-Collar Jobs
Harlem New York, NY Apollo’s Fire
IceStone Brooklyn, NY In Brooklyn, Following Broken Glass To Sustainable Profit
PlaNYC2030 New York, NY NYC Apollo helps write PlaNYC2030
Regional Greenhous Gas Initiative Albany, NY Northeast Cap and Invest Program Raises Millions For Clean Energy
Heck Project NY HECK, Let’s Retrofit Some Homes
WNY Apollo retrofit program Buffalo, NY Western New York Apollo Alliance Brings Weatherization To Buffalo’s Low Income Residents
Algaeventure Systems Marysville, OH Unleashing Algae Energy: Algaeventure Systems a Model of Innovation in Ohio
Cardinal Fasteners Bedford Heights, OH Cardinal Fastener Bolts To Clean Energy Profit
Evergreen Cooperatives Cleveland, OH Evergreen Cooperatives Forge an Innovative Path toward High-Quality Green Jobs
Pilkington Toledo, OH Pilkington Looks Through Its Glass to the Sun
Tremont Electric Cleveland, OH The Power of One: Tracy Hall Brings Renewable Energy to Northwest Indiana
Xunlight Toledo, OH The Sun, the Wind, and the Promise of Ohio’s Clean Energy Development
Tremont Electric Cleveland, OH Harvesting Personal Energy to Create Ohio’s Clean Energy Future
Clean Energy Works Portland Portland, OR Portland Weatherization Program Gives Top Billing to Labor Standards and Community Benefits
Oregon Iron Works Reedsport, OR Waves of Clean Energy Production
Oregon Iron Works Clackamas, OR A Whole New “Cool”
United Street Cars Portland, OR American-made Streetcars: Portland Company Rebuilds Lost Industry
Various U.S. Cities Portland, OR and others, OR The New Green City
Various Companies Portland, OR Clean Transportation, Good Jobs Success Stories
Gamesa Ebensburg, PA “Allentown” to Boomtown
Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority Chattanooga, TN Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chugs Off The Grid
Sharp Solar Memphis, TN Memphis Solar Plant Serves Hot National Market
Pecan Street Project Austin, TX Cutting-Edge Smart Grid in the Lone Star State
Solar San Antonio San Antonio, TX Solar Makes Cents
Hipolito Garcia U.S. Courthouse San Antonio, TX General Services Administration  – High Performance Green Building Program
Gearworks Seattle, WA Seattle Machinists Apprenticeships Trains Next Generation of Windmill Workers
Nature’s Path Blaine, WA “Lean and Green” Manufacturing Program Helps Washington’s Small Manufacturers Reduce Energy Use and Waste
Washington State Cascadia, WA A Good Jobs, Climate Change Law in Cascadia
Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI Chippewa Valley Technical College Welding Bridge
Flambeau River Papers Park Falls, WI Flambeau River’s Pilot Biomass Plant Turns White to Green
Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country Red Cliff, WI Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country
Green to Gold Fund Madison, WI Green to Gold Fund Would Green Wisconsin Manufacturing
Ingeteam and Talgo Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee’s Skilled Workforce Attracts Clean Energy Industry
Orion Energy Lights Manitowoc, WI Orion Energy Lights Path To Big Energy Reductions
Wisconsin Green to Gold Fund State of Wisconsin, WI Green to Gold Fund Would Green Wisconsin Manufacturing
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin Models Workforce Development Partnerships
Simonton Windows Parkersburg, WV Clean Energy Incentives Allow Simonton Windows to Rehire 400 Employees
Various companies Across the Country
DOE – Grants for Electric Vehicle and Component Manufacturing and Transportation Electrification

*Manufacturing = Domestic Clean Energy Manufacturing; *ARRA = American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.