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President Obama on the Deficit and Debt

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New Jobs; San Francisco Firm Awarded $4.3 Million in Stimulus Funding for Irrigation Project at National Elk Refuge

New jobs are being created and lives are changing, thanks to $4.3 million dollars in Recovery funding for construction of a new irrigation system at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming. The San Francisco based firm, “Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction” was recently awarded the Recovery contract from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The project should steadily employ 40-50 people at any given time, with most of them subcontractors from the local area, according to Yerba Buena Project Manager Lee Barrus. “One of the things the Recovery Act has done is to give us opportunities we don’t normally have. We have been successful in finding opportunities, but this is a major boost. It ramps up business and will definitely help us to grow our company,” Barrus said.

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Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power

On the Fourth of July, a company in Spain celebrated an historic moment for the solar industry: Torresol’s 19.9 MW concentrating solar power plant became the first ever to generate uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours straight.

The plant uses a Power Tower design which features a field of 2,650 mirrors that concentrate sunlight onto a boiler in a central receiver tower. The plant also utilizes molten salt as a heat-transfer fluid that allows the plant to generate electricity when there’s no sunlight. Recharge News reported on the milestone:

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Cleveland Manufacturer Welds Together Job Security, Profits

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