2013 Solar Industry Job Census Results
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Date: 2014-02-13

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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 Census, which is based on over 75,000 phone calls and emails to solar industry employers, determined that the solar industry grew at ten 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.

Andrea Luecke, President and Executive Director, The Solar Foundation
Video: http://youtu.be/fGoLoDpM3hs?t=2m20s
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Amit Ronen, Director, GW Solar Institute; Professor, GWU Trachtenberg School of Public Policy
Video: http://youtu.be/fGoLoDpM3hs?t=19m01s
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Bob Powell, President, SunEdison North America
Video: http://youtu.be/fGoLoDpM3hs?t=38m45s
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Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor, Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Video: http://youtu.be/fGoLoDpM3hs?t=51m37s
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