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on Wednesday March 29 2017, @07:34PM
from the the-future-is-looking-brighter dept.
from the the-future-is-looking-brighter dept.
New data from the Solar Jobs Census 2016 shows that employment in the solar-power industry increased by a historic 25% nationwide from 2015 to 2016, for a total of 260,077 workers.
The industry added 51,218 new jobs in 2016, a growth rate about 17 times faster than that of the overall U.S. economy, which grew by 1.45%. One out of every 50 new jobs added in the U.S. was created by the solar industry, representing 2% percent of all new jobs.
Growth occurred in 44 of the 50 states. And in 21 states, solar jobs grew by 50% or more, according to The Solar Foundation.
Competition among manufacturers has already brought down the cost of panels to grid parity in many places. Competition in installation can't help but bring those costs down, too.
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Solar Power-Related Jobs in U.S. Grew 25% in 2016
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
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(Score: 2) by number6x on Wednesday March 29 2017, @08:53PM
Coal is 100% natural, and since it is formed from the bodies of dinosaurs that died in the flood, some time after the earth was created 6,000 years ago*, coal is 100% organic as well.
Why do the hippies hate Mr. Trump's 100% organic, 100% natural clean coal energy plan? Don't they want to make America 'great' again?
* For various values of 'year', depending on your pre-approved Judeo-Christian belief system