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US Solar Industry Provides More Jobs Than Oil and Gas Extraction
US Solar Industry Provides More Jobs Than Oil and Gas Extraction
Solar employment continues its 20 percent annual growth rate.
by Katherine Tweed
January 12, 2016
The solar industry provided more than 200,000 jobs in 2015, a 20 percent increase from the previous year.
The Solar Foundation’s sixth annual census found that solar jobs accounted for more than 1 percent of all new jobs in the U.S. in 2015. As of November, the figure was 208,859, a 123 percent increase since the first survey in 2010.
That figure is greater than all of the gas and oil extraction jobs in the U.S. in 2015, which ended up at about 185,000 in December from a high of 199,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By contrast, the solar industry added 35,000 positions last year.
Two-thirds of the total solar jobs were in the residential sector, nearly a third were in the utility-scale market, and the rest were in commercial. Most of the positions were on the installation side, with manufacturing coming in a far second...
Solar employment continues its 20 percent annual growth rate.
by Katherine Tweed
January 12, 2016
The solar industry provided more than 200,000 jobs in 2015, a 20 percent increase from the previous year.
The Solar Foundation’s sixth annual census found that solar jobs accounted for more than 1 percent of all new jobs in the U.S. in 2015. As of November, the figure was 208,859, a 123 percent increase since the first survey in 2010.
That figure is greater than all of the gas and oil extraction jobs in the U.S. in 2015, which ended up at about 185,000 in December from a high of 199,000 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By contrast, the solar industry added 35,000 positions last year.
Two-thirds of the total solar jobs were in the residential sector, nearly a third were in the utility-scale market, and the rest were in commercial. Most of the positions were on the installation side, with manufacturing coming in a far second...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/US-Solar-Industry-Provides-More-Jobs-Than-Oil-and-Gas-Extraction
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