A West Virginia Solar Story | Renewable Energy Drives American Job Growth
The solar and wind industries are leading drivers of American #jobgrowth. While both industries represent less than 10 percent of U.S. electricity supply, their job growth easily outpaces other sectors of the U.S. economy, and job growth trajectories for the coming decades are truly dramatic and exciting. At a time when advocates for coal mining and coal-fired power are drawing media attention to the question of energy-related jobs, renewable energy advocates have an opportunity to tell their compelling story of jobs and #economicdevelopment and shape the public conversation about the future of energy across the U.S.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Wind Energy Foundation (WEF) and NEXTracker, Inc. have formed a Renewable Energy Jobs Communications Campaign to carry out this critical work. Working in partnership with The Solar Foundation, Advanced Energy Economy and VoteSolar, we will organize a series of events over 18 months in targeted locations across the country to highlight wind and solar jobs and economic development.
To donate and learn more about #ARenewableAmerica, go here: https://www.arenewableamerica.org/