America's solar workforce fell by almost 7% in 2020, but industry hopes for a significant rebound

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The coronavirus pandemic was cited as a key reason for the decline in jobs.

More than 231,000 workers were employed by America's solar industry last year, according to a new report, representing a 6.7% decline compared to the year before.

Released by the Solar Energy Industries Association, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, The Solar Foundation, and BW Research, the National Solar Jobs Census 2020 tallied workers who spend "50% or more of their time working on solar related activities." The report comes against the backdrop of the U.S. targeting "100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity" by the year 2035 and the. The president has claimed the latter "will lead to a transformational progress in our effort to tackle climate change with American jobs and American ingenuity."

with a number of significant challenges — job numbers in renewable energy may be set for a significant increase over the next few years.to 30 gigawatts by 2030.

 

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Some SCAMMERS put solar panels on the north side of houses here.

1/8 Solar & Wind are 0 emissions? Each 1 MW of solar farm power requires between 35 to 45 tons of steel, + you need to dig for cadmium, gallium, germanium, etc Make silicon Silicon metal is made from the reaction of silica (SiO2) -

Need more layoffs of journalists to fill the gap

Really wish solar was more affordable.

Need to fully bring back the tax break incentives to make it worth while.

In other words 7 people

Government subsidies do fund jobs. The reality is when the subsidies stop, so does the work.

Godfreyphiri10

Can we go somewhere today?

Just a sign of things to come. There's you're headline.....

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