National Renewable Energy Standard Would Create Quarter of a Million Jobs

5 February 2010 Geoff Zeiss

The RES Alliance for Jobs is a coalition of renewable energy companies in wind, solar and biomass.  The Alliance argues that a strong Renewable Energy Standard (RES) would provide the
national commitment to renewable energy enabling manufacturers to
invest billions of dollars in the U.S. economy and job creation.

The Alliance hired Navigant Consulting Inc. to study the impact of a national mandate for 25 percent renewables by 2025.  The study concluded that

  • A national RES of 25% by 2025 would result in 274,000 more jobs than without a national RES.
  • A national RES will lead to job growth in all states, especially those currently without state-level renewable electricity standards (RPS).
Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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