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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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The Official Colorado State Vegetable is now the "state legislator".
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday March 29 2017, @11:11PM (2 children)
Anything they do to stop the solar market will immediately piss off their entire base.
Like ending preferential treatment for solar? I bet they could end some federal level subsidies, loan programs, and small scale solar projects throughout government without angering their base and providing some low lying fruit for spending cuts.
But why would Trump want to stop solar power in the first place? If it really is as good as advertised, then that's economic activity that can help him in the 2018 and 2020 elections. He'll need some beefy economic progress to survive 2020.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday March 30 2017, @01:46AM
> small scale solar projects
There's a set of solar panels on the White House, ready for removal.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/205683-solar-panels-return-to-white-house-roof-after-three-decades [thehill.com]
One from the previous set is in a museum in China; around 2010 China produced 80% of the world's solar water heaters.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carter-white-house-solar-panel-array/ [scientificamerican.com]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday March 30 2017, @01:45PM
Put the coal miners back to work!
That's also economic activity that the coal miners and entire communities built around coal mining will vote for. Sad but true.
Make America Great Again is really just code words for make America like the 1950's again: Coal, Steel, Manufacturing, Automobiles, etc. No need for all these pesky unimportant high tech jobs.
But here's a free clue: Those 1950's jobs, while important, are not the economic engines of growth in the 21st century. The high tech jobs are. Manufacturing can also mean microprocessors, or even the designs of microprocessors manufactured elsewhere under license.
The people who rely on government handouts and refuse to work should be kicked out of congress.