Feds Boost Goal To 75k New Solar Power Workers By 2020

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 7, 2015 @07:30PM from the fortunate-sun dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. government has announced plans to help train 75,000 people to enter the solar workforce by 2020, including a number of veterans. The new goal is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative, which helps fund research, manufacturing and market creation. The SunShot Initiative's Solar Instructor Training Network works with 400 community colleges across the country for training, and claims to have already certified 1,000 solar instructors and nearly 30,000 students in the last five years. Ultimately, the SunShot Initiative has a goal for solar energy to reach price parity with conventional power sources in five years.

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Re:Fret not... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-04-08 00:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yea - the Repubs will start another 2 wars and another 20-year Great Depression.
The fed could get 10x the jobs at 2x the wages simply by eliminating some unnecessary work visas.