Tag: Department of Energy
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Department of Energy to fund projects to reduce soft costs of solar installs
Discussions on further large reductions in solar installation prices start with soft costs. Knowing this, the Energy Department is pumping $21.4 million in funding for 17 new projects to help reduce these soft costs, such as installation, permitting and connecting to the grid. “Soft costs have been a pervasive barrier to widespreadRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Department of Energy grows Solar Ready Vets, awards $10M to 10 solar training programs
The Energy Department announced five additional military bases will join Solar Ready Vets, a solar jobs training program that prepares service members for careers in the solar industry when they leave active duty. The Department is also awarding $10 million to 10 new projects through its Solar Training and EducationRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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First U.S. veterans complete Solar Ready Vets training program
As part of the solar industry’s job report, SEIA always mentions the number of U.S. veterans the industry plans to employ. We reported this week that veterans now comprise 8 percent of the total workforce, but that number looks to increase now that the Department of Energy’s Solar Ready VetsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Department of Energy: Solar industry jobs expected to increase another 15 percent this year
The profile of jobs in the energy sector is changing, in large part to the success of the solar industry, and the U.S. Department of Energy has updated its reporting criteria to more accurately account for these changes in its jobs report. The first report using this new criteria, theRead More — Solar Builder magazine