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Ed Morrison · New port director in the Valley
November 24th, 2009
When was the last time a Congressman announced a port authority director?
Ryan understands what’s at stake.
“We had a tech boom and we missed it. We had a housing boom and we missed it. Now the next great boom is the green technology boom, and we are not going to miss it.”
Western Reserve Port Authority Hires New Director
And from yesterday’s LA Times:
At a recent solar energy conference in Anaheim, economic development officials from Ohio talked up a state that seemed far removed from the solar panels and high-tech devices that dominated the convention floor.Ohio, long known for its smokestack auto plants and metal-bending factories, would be an ideal place for green technology companies to set up shop, they said….
Now the tables have turned as solar start-ups, wind turbine companies and electric carmakers from California and the Southwest migrate to the nation’s industrial heartland. They’re looking to tap its manufacturing might and legions of skilled workers, hit hard by the near-collapse of the United States auto industry and eager for work.
For all of green tech’s futuristic sheen, solar power plants and wind farms are made of much of the same stuff as automobiles: machine-stamped steel, glass and gearboxes.
Solar energy industry brings a ray of hope to the Rust Belt
Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison
- Reason.tv's series on Saving Cleveland - March 20th, 2010
- Milwaukee measures innovation - March 20th, 2010
- Google's Eric Schmidt and his talk in Pittsburgh: Technology, innovation & the global economy - March 18th, 2010
- Good summary on proposed changes to No Child Left Behind - March 18th, 2010
- Amazing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii - March 17th, 2010
