Since we first started tracking
solar jobs in 2010, it has grown by an astounding 53 percent, creating nearly 50,000 new jobs.
In addition, we can help bring hands - on
solar job training to local students and workers.
Apparently women represented a full half of the
new solar jobs created last year.
The percentage of military veterans working
solar jobs declined to 8.1 percent in the last year from 9.7 percent in 2014.
Solar jobs do pay better than «average,» but not better than coal jobs.
As costs for materials continue to drop,
solar jobs remain a well - compensated area for blue - collar workers.
His group supported the bill while acknowledging it had the potential to
harm solar job creation.
The number
of solar jobs in the state grew in 2017 to just over 6,700, according to the Solar Foundation's figures.
After learning that Governor Sandoval has failed to take a leadership role thus far to
protect solar jobs against attacks from NV Energy, the number increased to 56 percent.
According to TSF, U.S.
solar jobs grew by almost 20 percent in 2013 — far exceeding expectations — or roughly ten times faster than the national employment rate of just 1.9 percent.
They also launched a Green Job Board
with solar jobs, apparel jobs and non-profit jobs on the board right now.The Green Guide Network, launched in 2006, originally began as just a guide to Orange County, now includes tips in the following cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland, Boston, Chicago, Denver, and Miami with plans to add additional cities with the new year.
Delaware and Iowa showed remarkable increases in
solar jobs as a percentage of total industry employment, growing 51 % and 45 % respectively.
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.
Since the ITC was passed in 2006, U.S. solar growth has exploded and more than 150,000
American solar jobs have been created.
Faced with unprecedented demand in the state, we worked with partners to launch the
first solar job training and apprenticeship program in West Virginia — bringing jobs and opportunities to the coalfields.
Higher prices will mean fewer installations — and a damper
on solar job growth.
With almost 3000 employed solar workers throughout the state, spread out over 116 companies, Oregon's
solar jobs per capita ranks as the 6th highest in the United States, enough to crown them solar champion!
But the
most solar jobs are found in California (by far), and in Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Colorado.
Posting growth of around 7 percent, North Carolina was home to just over 7,600
solar jobs last year.
Nevada posted a roughly 22 percent decrease in
solar jobs compared to 2016, although it still employed more than 6,500 people in the solar industry in 2017.
In the past year, Nevada saw the
fastest solar job growth in the nation, said The Solar Foundation, a non-profit industry group.
And if SolarCity, which has the lowest cost structure in the industry, is forced to shut down operations, you could estimate that more than 5,000
solar jobs across the industry will be lost as a result of this decision.»
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) notes that the bill protects an estimated «thousands» of
solar jobs which have been at risk due to the expiration of targets under the state's current solar policy.
Last year, Massachusetts added
more solar jobs than Texas, despite enjoying less sunshine.
Even despite the United States» potential renewable energies policy u-turn, the country doubled its solar capacity in 2016, growing
nationwide solar jobs to 260,000.
By comparison, US businesses have grown the number of jobs at 1.1 % in the past year, making the growth in
solar jobs around 20x faster!
Or, you can enroll in a class to
get solar job training from Solar Energy International or take classes on renewable energy at a local community college.
In the United States
alone solar jobs grew 25 % last year, more than in the oil, gas and coal sectors.
GRID Alternatives Tri-State opened its doors in 2014 to make solar power and
solar jobs accessible to underserved communities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The thing
about solar jobs, though, is that in the United States there are far more jobs installing solar panels than in manufacturing them.
Solar jobs now outnumber coal mining jobs two - to - one and are quickly catching up to jobs in oil and gas extraction, as well.
In fact, The Solar Foundation reports that «if California were removed from the 2017 Census, the nation would have
experienced solar job growth.»
Other states with notable increases in
solar jobs include Tennessee (863 new jobs, a 24 % increase), Pennsylvania (787 new jobs, a 26 % increase), Colorado, Ohio, and North Carolina.
It's the first
time solar jobs have dipped in the United States since the foundation began tracking the fledgling industry in 2010.
In today's article, we dig into the results of The Solar Foundation's 2017 Solar Jobs Census to see which states
achieved solar job growth and which states saw contraction in the solar industry.
Solar job estimates fail to account for jobs lost as a result of «the crowding out of cheaper forms of conventional energy generation,» «indirect impacts on upstream industries,» and from «the drain on economic activity precipitated by higher electricity prices.»
We are very grateful to those 100 House members who stood up for energy and environmental progress and
solar jobs today, and we urge the Conference Committee members to redouble their efforts to pass a bill that will raise the net metering caps and keep the solar industry strong.
Since 2010, TSF has published its annual National Solar Jobs Census, which established the first
credible solar jobs base line for the U.S. TSF is considered the premier research organization on the solar workforce, employer trends, and the economic impacts of solar.
Her organization's upcoming National Solar Jobs Census 2015 will, for the first time, break out residential, commercial, and utility
scale solar jobs.