Solar Sector Sees Employment Boom

Jan. 13, 2016

The solar industry added 35,000 jobs in 2015, up 20 percent from the previous year, according to figures from the Solar Foundation.

CNN Money reports that the number of solar jobs has doubled over the last five years, and that, as oil and gas firms continue to cut employees, more people are working in solar than at oil rigs and gas fields.

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