Tag: News
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Survey: Employees want to work at companies with sustainability programs
With an increasing number of companies establishing environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives, Swytch, a blockchain-based clean energy platform, recently conducted a survey of 1,000 employees in the U.S. who either currently work for or have worked for a company with over 5,000 employees to explore their sentiments around employers’Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Pine Gate Renewables connects 570-MW solar tracker site in South Carolina
Pine Gate Renewables, a national utility-scale solar developer, owner, and operator, energized its Peony solar project in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, last week. Peony is a 57-MW site spanning 334 acres. It can generate more than 97,400 MWh per year, equivalent to powering over 9,300 homes. Project partner NARENCO, a leadingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Illinois’ solar energy policy (and job growth) is an example for other Midwest states
Illinois outpaced 48 states in solar jobs growth in 2018, adding 1,308 jobs in a single year, according to The Solar Foundation’s latest National Solar Jobs Census. The 37 percent increase moves Illinois ahead of other Midwest states in solar employment and established the state’s solar workforce as the 13th-largestRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Total U.S. solar jobs decline again with Trump’s tariffs cited as the main reason
The U.S. solar industry employs 242,343 workers as of 2018, a decline of nearly 8,000 jobs (3.2 percent) compared to 2017, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2018 released today by The Solar Foundation. This marks the second year in a row that solar jobs have declined after seven yearsRead More — Solar Builder magazine