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  • White House announces new $2.1 million solar jobs training program

    The White House continues to back the ascendance of the solar industry, today announcing a new program, led by The Solar Foundation, to help train more Americans for careers in the rapidly expanding solar workforce. The $2.1 million program, known as the Solar Training Network, is funded by the U.S.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Florida’s advanced energy industries employ nearly 150,000 people (and more stats)

    The Advanced Energy Economy Institute (AEE Institute) reports that Florida employed an estimated 140,282 advanced energy workers in 2015, nearly twice as many as in Agriculture, more than Real Estate, and equal to Schools, Colleges, and Training Institutions. These jobs spanned a broad range of technologies including energy efficiency, electricityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Hey, fossil fuel workers: Start a new life in the solar industry

    Solar energy is a disruptive technology, and many established energy industries and their allies have fought against that disruption. What about all of these great coal jobs? What will become of those workers? Well, unlike other disruptions, in which technology displaces a workforce and leaves it high and dry, thereRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • 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

  • N.Y. plans to train Fort Drum military personnel in solar jobs

    One number that is always mentioned in the middle of stats concerning the solar boom, but is maybe glossed over, is the amount of U.S. veterans the industry plans to employ, such as through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Ready Vets training program. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announcedRead More — Solar Builder magazine