On Wednesday The Solar Foundation released detailed state-level solar employment for 14 U.S. states, as a follow-up to its national Solar Jobs Census which was published in January. As the leading state California's solar jobs grew 38% to 75,600 in 2015, representing 36% of all solar employment in the nation. The bulk of solar jobs in both California and the United States are in installation, sales and other sectors related to deployment, not manufacturing. As such, California's strong position is expected to continue with the passage of a net metering successor policy considered highly favorable by the solar industry. Massachusetts remains the second-largest state for solar jobs, with employment growing over 50% to 15,000 jobs in 2015. With a population of less than seven million people, this makes the second-highest per-capita number of solar ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...