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Workforce Development

August 17, 2021

Solar Industry Comment on White House Call for Solar Investments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy released an Issue Brief on solar energy research, deployment and workforce priorities. The report details a number of pr...

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May 6, 2021

Solar Jobs Support 231,000 Families, Must Grow 4X to Reach Biden's Clean Energy Target

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% drop from 2019 due to pandemic restrictions and increased labor productivity, according to the National Solar J...

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November 12, 2020

Solar Industry Outlines a Policy Agenda for the Biden Administration, 117th Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is releasing a suite of policies and executive actions that it is asking President-elect Biden and the newly elected Congre...

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November 11, 2019

Take Action to Bring Solar Jobs to More Veterans

This Veterans Day, the solar industry is doubling down on its commitment to hire and uplift veterans and former service members. More than 19,000 veterans are working in the solar industry througho...

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September 25, 2019

Diversity & Inclusion Cuts Through Noise of North America’s Largest Solar Trade Show

Solar Power International (SPI) and North America Smart Energy Week (NASEW) 2019 featured an array of new programming to address and discuss diversity & inclusion challenges.

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February 12, 2019

New York’s Solar Workforce Now Nearly 10,000 Strong

With nearly 10,000 solar jobs, New York now has one of the top 5 largest solar workforces in the country, according to a new report from The Solar Foundation.

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January 21, 2019

HBCU Talent Exchange – Diversify Your Hiring Practices

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day commemorates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and an activist for non-violent social change who was assassinated in...

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December 7, 2018

SEIA Hosts Day of Understanding to Address Bias and Advance Diversity and Inclusion

Today, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) joins more than 150 organizations for the “Day of Understanding” hosted by CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion to address bias and increas...

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September 19, 2018

SEIA, HBCU Coalition Join in National Effort to Increase Diversity of Solar Industry’s Workforce

With a goal of making the solar workforce and solar communities more diverse, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Developme...

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