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Stunning growth in solar energy employment in USA

The three year Census series paints a stunning picture of solar job growth. Since 2010, employment in the U.S. solar industry has grown 27percent – eight times faster than the overall economy during the same period

The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2012 Finds Installers Leading the Way More than 8,500 installation jobs created in the past year, continued industry wide growth expected in 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (PRWEB) November 14, 2012 The Solar Foundation (TSF), an independent nonprofit solar education and research organization, today released the full version of its third annual National Solar Jobs Census at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s Clean Energy Workforce Education Conference. In early November, TSF announced that the Census found that the U.S. solar industry now employs 119,016 Americans, a figure which represents the addition of 13,872 workers and a 13.2 percent employment growth rate over the previous year.

The three year Census series paints a stunning picture of solar job growth. Since 2010, employment in the U.S. solar industry has grown 27percent – eight times faster than the overall economy during the same period, in which, employment grew by 3.2 percent.
The complete report released today analyzes employment in the
subsectors that make up the solar industry. Installation remained the
largest subsector in terms of employment and added the most new jobs.
Installers now employ 57,177 Americans, a 17.5 percent increase over
the revised 2011 figure. Sales and distribution jobs experienced a
23.1 percent increase, now employing 16,005 Americans.
“The National Solar Jobs Census 2012 illustrates that the solar
industry, as a whole, is a dependable job creator and that solar
employers are confident about growth in 2013,” said Andrea Luecke, TSF
Executive Director. “The growth by installers, especially at larger
firms, signals that this subsector is heading toward a period of
consolidation and maturation on par with other successful industries
at this stage of the growth curve.”….
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/11/prweb10130393.htm

November 27, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA