Sentences with phrase «solar employment»

Despite the slight national decline in solar employment in 2017, more than half of state markets showed job growth and long - term trends for solar's growth remain bright.

With nearly 6,000 solar employees, the state also has the highest per capita solar employment.

Then there is the Solar Foundation — closely allied with SEIA and government solar advocacy programs — which publishes a yearly report on solar employment trends across the country.

Then there is the Solar Foundation — closely allied with the Solar Energy Industries Association and government solar advocacy programs — which publishes a yearly report on solar employment trends across the country.

Green jobs, red states: Solar employment grew 25 % nationally in 2016, according to the DOE, to just under 374,000 jobs, and wind grew 32 %, to 102,000 jobs.

The largest area of solar employment in Colorado is in system installation, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

The Solar Foundation points to a number of factors that contributed to this decline in California solar employment.

Phoenix construction jobs dropped 14.4 percent in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce, but Arizona moved from eighth to third place nationally in providing solar employment, going from approximately 3,800 to 4,786 jobs, in 2011.

California, which has a larger solar industry — both in terms of employees and installed capacity — than any other state, experienced the largest declines in solar employment in 2017.

Solar employment is also poised to nearly double over the same period, to roughly 420,000 jobs.

Solar employment declined slightly (3.8 %) in 2017, but long - term trends in job growth are promising; since 2010, solar employment has grown by 168 % and growth is expected again in 2018 (though the impacts of the recent trade case are still yet to be seen).

While some traditionally strong state markets like California and Massachusetts saw notable declines in solar employment, there were also many bright spots: 29 states added solar jobs last year.

Solar employment in Massachusetts declined 21 % last year, a loss of 3,053 jobs.

For instance, since the creation of the Connecticut Green Bank — the first green bank in the nation — solar employment in the state has grown by 30 %, and clean energy investment in FY 2015 alone exceeded all clean energy investment in the 11 years prior to its establishment.