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Solar Industry Projections
What are the solar industry projections for the great solar boom in the climate-energy era? As the country begins climbing out of recession, it is going to require increasing public acceptance of solar energy to get the economic engine fired up.
Solar industry projections provide that the uneven supply and demand ratio characteristic of 2009 will be balanced out this year due to strong demand in the Asian and U.S. markets. These markets will help increase the global solar usage to 9.3 GW in 2010. This would translate into a market value of U.S. $39 billion.
Decreasing prices in solar equipment and materials should open up new markets allowing for the industry to reach a United States $77 billion value with 26.4 GW of capacity in 2015.
A huge role in the growth of the solar market will be the demand for solar technology in China. Currently, China is the largest single manufacturer of solar products in the world but not a huge buyer of them. China will have to deploy solar technology as they have a significant impact on global warming and the energy crisis. According to most solar industry projections, China will be the largest solar market in the world in 2015.
Supply and demand will only be restored to its equilibrium once the market experiences some company failures and lowered utility rates.
Ted Sullivan, senior analyst at Lux Research and author of the new report "Solar's Shakeout: Europe Loses Leadership as China Rises", cites that solar installations will rise at an annual rate of 23% between 2010 and 2015. Yet, revenue will only grow annually by 14% due to falling solar equipment prices.
With the projection of 26.5 GW of
solar deployed
in the United States in 5 years (currently just over 1 GW), there is plenty of room for expansion in the solar industry. As energy prices rise in the future, demand for solar will increase dramatically, creating jobs increasing revenue of strong solar companies.
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Why does Obama put too much money in Technology, solar, clean, or whatever jobs?
When most of us don't work at that area...
He is giving money to the already high paying engineers and contruction workers.
Most of us are not brainy engineers... so how is that going to help get people back to labor?
By spending money backing companies that make clean energy he is:
1) creating installation jobs that cannot be outsourced. This includes electricians, plumbers, roofers and laborers, many who have lost their jobs from the housing crisis
2) creating manufacturing jobs to build the products the engineers designed. Most solar water heating systems installed in the USA are built in the USA. Believe it or not, some Chinese manufacturers are actually opening manufacturing plans in the US.
3) creating jobs for engineers, many who have lost their jobs this past year. Creating these companies also adds other office workers, admins, accountants, sales reps, cleaners for the formerly un-rented office space...
4) creating sales jobs for people selling solar installations, project management jobs for people coordinating the installation, technician jobs for people designing the systems
5) Employing all of these previously unemployed people then allows them to open up their wallets a bit and buy that new car they need, new TV they want, etc. Buying stuff makes retail jobs.
6)encouraging people to use clean technology to help reduce pollution. Whether you believe global warming exists or not, pollution and acid rain from coal burning electric plants cannot be disputed.
7) helping reduce our dependence on foreign oil
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Current News and the Need for Solar Schools
Current News and the Need for Solar Schools
With the ever-increasing need for alternative sources of energy, solar energy is becoming a more and more viable option for both industry and residential energy needs. In addition, recent advances in solar energy technology have created a demand for people trained in energy. Experts agree that at the current rate our need for solar power training and professionals will far exceed the supply.
In an effort to remedy this situation many colleges and trade schools offer solar energy certification programs. These solar schools offer courses to people already employed in the building trades as well as to students not yet in the workforce. People holding solar certifications stand to reap immediate financial rewards. Here we will look at a few recent news stories that illustrate the immediate need for professional tradespeople with alternative energy training certificates.
On June 18, 2009 the New York Times reported that $150 billion targeted at clean energy could translate into 1.7 million new jobs. Recent studies have delivered some exciting news. Not only could intense concern about the environment and government and private investment in alternative energy training spur job growth, but also it could in large part help pull the nation out of the current economic recession. Indeed, the loss of fossil fuel related jobs could be offset by an addition of more than twice as many clean technology related jobs.
In a June 19, 2009 CNET News article one company, SRS Energy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has discovered a way to attract customers who hadn't previously considered solar energy because solar panels would conflict with their existing expensive and artistic roofs. But this is no longer the case because SRS Energy in partnership with US Tile has developed solar panels that are the same shape as existing popular roofing tiles. While these tiles do not produce as much energy as the standard flat tiles, they can be used without destroying the aesthetics of an expensive Spanish tile roof.
The Savanna Morning News on June 20, 2009 reported that the demand for those trained in "green-collar" jobs far exceeds the supply. And with increased government and private industry investment into the business of alternative energy the need for trained personnel will only increase. Georgia Tech University and private companies have teemed up to help produce alternative energy, and now in Georgia an international company, Suniva, opened Georgia's first solar panel manufacturing plant. No matter what part of the nation one examines, solar jobs are on the rise.
Part of what makes the promise of solar power training education so promising is that it is available to those already skilled in the building trades as well as those still gathering credentials. And it is certain that the time and money spent acquiring a solar school certificate will be recouped in no time at all because the demand for trained workers is well in excess of the supply. In these times of widespread economic hardship it is reassuring to know that there is at least one area where an educational certificate will lead to a guaranteed job. Those who attend a solar school can look forward to being green all the way to the bank.
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Despite opportunities in environmental jobs increasing, the economic slowdown has translated into increasing economic worries
for a large portion of America’s workforce. A good thing that is forecasted to come out of this economic disaster is a surge
of green jobs that should put more people back to work than originally were laid off. This is one ofthe many reasons
Green Degree Courses are one
of the most sought after tracks in North America.