The Department of Energy announced today funding for 28 new wind energy projects, including two in the Knoxville area that will receive a total of almost $1.15 million.
The projects will “help address market and deployment challenges including wind turbine research and testing and transmission analysis, planning, assessments,” according to a press release.
Knoxville area funding includes [...]
July 16, 2009
Knoxville wind energy projects funded
July 16, 2009
Loudon company get state job-training grants
Remotec, a Clinton, Tenn.-based maker of hazardous duty robots, has received a state job training grant, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Thursday.
The $6,950 Incumbent Worker Grant will provide training to eight employees in mill, lathe operation, Adobe Dreamweaver and ESD Program Manager Certification, according to a press release.
The state also has [...]
July 16, 2009
State jobless rate rises to 10.8 percent in June
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s June unemployment rate rose to 10.8 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from May and a 4.4 percent jump from June 2008.
The national unemployment rate for June 2009 was 9.5 percent, up from the May rate of 9.4 percent.
The last time Tennessee’s unemployment rate was as high as the current rate was November [...]
July 16, 2009
UNC Asheville closes 2 centers, cuts staff jobs
ASHEVILLE, N.C. Two science research centers and eight staffers are being cut at the University of North Carolina at Asheville as the school prepares for expected cuts in state funding.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Tuesday that university officials said they expect a 10 percent cut in state funds.
The school says it is cutting 43 positions, but [...]
July 16, 2009
ElectriCities pulls out of conference at Asheville resort
Concerns over costs for member municipalities have prompted ElectriCities to scrap plans for a day-and-a-half conference at Asheville’s famed Grove Park Inn resort in favor of a one-day gathering in Raleigh.
The meeting will be Aug. 27 at the Raleigh Convention Center. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is expected to be one of the speakers.
ElectriCities is [...]
July 16, 2009
Asheville software firm to add 60 jobs
ASHEVILLE — BUILDERadius Inc., which provides software for municipal building departments and others in the building industry, plans to add 60 employees to its operations here.
“We currently have about 35 employees and we’ll be growing that to about 95 employees over the next two years,” company CEO Bill Ward said via e-mail Wednesday. “We expect [...]
