Industry project investment data from sectors and professional practices attached to clean tech and clean power are central to the sophisticated index behind Site Selection’s annual Sustainability Rankings, which last year saluted top performers such as Sweden, North Carolina and Austin, Texas.
The virtual ink had barely dried on last week’s Site Selection Snapshot about promising clean energy project and job data when First Solar and Maxeon Solar Technologies the very next day each announced billion-dollar manufacturing projects in Louisiana and New Mexico, respectively.
Only two weeks after announcing its intention to build a fifth U.S.-based vertically integrated photovoltaic solar module plant somewhere in the country (and one day after this Site Selection Snapshot highlighting a clean energy manufacturing surge), First Solar, Inc. on August 10 announced it had selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for what is believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history.
A number of new reports shed light on where clean energy projects and jobs are landing. The scope of one ongoing database in particular goes well beyond solar and wind farm installation and operation.
When it comes to solar power, looks can be deceiving.
The Promise of Solar Energy
The 2020 National Solar Jobs Census from the Solar Energy Industries Association ranks Washington No. 20 in solar power industry jobs with 3,565, with a five-year solar jobs growth of more than 1,300 jobs that places the state No. 13 in the nation.
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Two reports highlight where the most solar power is being produced, and where companies are procuring the most clean energy.
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Welspun's trail of investments in its home country is more than a well-spun tale.
It's been a busy spring for SunEdison.
A game-changing trade case, a watershed agreement and promises kept all mean good things for Oregon.
A new solar power plant in Utah joins the global project lists of Google and Norway's Scatec Solar.
The billions and the visionaries keep flocking to Buffalo. Really.
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