us solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas, says report /

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Growth in the solar industry was not shared equally across all types of jobs in 2015 – employees of installation companies accounted for 65% of jobs addedThe US solar industry now employs more workers than oil and gas,a new report from the Solar Foundation claims, with most of the jobs in power panel installation.final year, or the US solar industry grew by 20% for a third year in a row,according to the foundation’s National Solar Job Census 2015. By the conclude of 2015, it employed nearly 209000 solar workers, or more than those employed in oil and gas extraction. Related: Oil price forecast to fall to $20 a barrel,predicts Morgan Stanley Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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