A new report shows Ohio ranks 11th for the number of jobs in the solar energy industry and 25th for solar jobs per capita, according to the Solar Foundation’s Solar Jobs Census 2016. The state created 1,020 new jobs in the sector last year, accounting for growth at 21 percent, faster than the growth of [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s energy utilities want state lawmakers to pass a law that critics say would muscle out smaller companies from the emerging solar energy market. Solar power provides only about 1 percent of the country’s energy, but the industry is growing rapidly, with figures showing it employed 208,859 workers in 2015. That amounts [...]
Talk of retail square footage is usually reserved for the amount of floor space for product display, but the often unconventional IKEA has bucked the trend by announcing the retailer’s plan to cover 60 percent of the roof of its new Polaris store with power-generating solar panels. The world’s largest home furnishings retailer announced the [...]
HONOLULU — Hawaii is a national leader in rooftop solar power, but despite the state’s ambitious goal of using only renewable energy by 2045, people are being shut out of solar incentive programs because of limits set by the state. On Maui, a program that reimburses customers who supply energy to the grid reached its [...]