US Solar Employment Growing at 10 Times
the National Average
From: Andrew Burger, Triple Pundit, ENN.com - More from this
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When it comes to job
creation, it appears that the U.S. economy has undergone radical change over
the past couple of decades as the full extent of neoconservative economic,
trade and tax policies, along with rapid technological change, have been more
fully realized.
Historically wide and
growing disparities in wealth and income in developed and developing countries
alike was a focal point of discussion for the world’s super-wealthy at this
year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, while the need to create
more and better jobs and economic opportunities for all Americans was the theme
of President Obama’s State of the Union (SOTU) address.
Though policies, legislation and
regulations aimed at fostering "green" job growth have been
criticized, refuted, opposed and undermined, the latest report from the Solar
Foundation reveals that the U.S. solar energy sector continues to create jobs
at a much higher rate than the economy overall.
56 new U.S. solar jobs a day — for over a year
Nearly 24,000 Americans
got jobs in the U.S. solar industry in 2013, bringing the total number of U.S.
solar industry jobs to 142,698 as of November 2013, according to the Solar
Foundation’s, "National Solar Jobs Census 2013."
"Employment in the
U.S. solar industry has been rising at a nearly 20 percent rate since 2012, 10
times faster than that for average national employment, according to the Solar
Foundation’s report. The U.S. solar energy sector added an average 56 new
employees a day between September 2012 and November 2013, surpassing
forecasts."
