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February 11, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014——The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing on The Solar Foundation’s National Solar Jobs Census 2013, which found record growth in the U.S. solar industry.
The 2013 Solar Jobs Census Report, based on more than 75,000 phone calls and emails to solar industry employers, determined that the solar industry grew at 10 times the national average last year, creating 24,000 new jobs. Survey respondents cited declining equipment costs as the primary driver behind the industry’s remarkable growth and were optimistic about creating new jobs in 2014. Since the start of the annual Census in 2010, U.S. solar industry employment has increased 53 percent and now employs more than 142,000 Americans.
Check out the 2013 Solar Jobs Census
See a map of U.S. Solar Jobs