Solar

Last week I spent a few (hot!) days in Philadelphia for the inaugural RE+ Mid-Atlantic conference and exhibition. I was told by SEIA that attendance was 150% more than they had anticipated for this conference, so you can bet we’ll see this event on the 2024 calendar. The RE+ regional shows have been a big […]

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve experienced the Canadian wildfire season this summer. And, unfortunately, the poor air from Canada is now circulating as far as Europe, too. Canada has reported an incredible 2,981 wildfires so far this season. As I write the Recruiter’s Outlook for June, there are 483 known wildfires currently burning. […]

Earlier this month, I attended my first RE+ Texas event in Austin so I thought I would write about the growth in Texas in this month’s Recruiter’s Outlook. RE+ Events said attendance (which surpassed 1,400) broke an attendee record for their regional Texas event. As with all RE+ regional events, it was well organized and […]

Now that the IRA is law, let’s get to work! The US has carved out $370B in new spending on climate change and clean energy. We will see an increase in clean energy production and tax credits (including the long fought battle in energy storage!) and we’ll see more domestic manufacturing in solar – First […]

Uncertainty can paralyze a market and this is exactly what happened to the solar industry in 2022. While President Biden rescued the solar industry by pausing import tariffs for two years, was it too little, too late? Since Auxin Solar filed its petition to the US Department of Commerce in February, the solar industry has […]

As I pondered what to write about in April, I couldn’t decide between two important topics within renewable energy job news: ‘job growth’ in offshore wind or potential ‘job loss’ in solar? Ultimately, I decided that since they are both very immediate, I will address both now with our subscriber base of 17,000 clean energy […]

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has enjoyed some quality time with their friends and family and is recharged for the new year. This is our first newsletter of 2020, and we’ll be sharing some of our observations and insight on high-level talent acquisition within the renewable energy market. I’m honored to say that 2020 […]

According to Solar Energy Industries Association, 1387 MW of community solar has been installed through 2018, and 43 states have at least one community solar project. With examples including the wildly successful Community Gardens, Minnesota is arguably the nation’s leader in developing community solar programs. As more states are trying to meet their RPS targets, […]

Hiring for utility-scale and commercial project asset management in solar and wind energy continues to lead all new employment within renewables. It’s no surprise that two of the fastest growing US conferences are the AWEA’s Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference, taking place this week in San Diego, and Solarplaza’s Solar Asset Management North America, […]

I’m still thinking about my Intersolar meetings while I plan our SPI trip, so I’m going to keep this month’s Outlook focused on solar hiring trends. I promise that, as we get into the fall, I’ll touch back into hiring for onshore wind and energy storage. The most important fact to report is that solar […]