by Clare Foran, National Journal
Sunny California ranks as the No. 1 state for solar jobs, according to a report by education and research nonprofit the Solar Foundation.
With more than 47,000 workers currently employed in the solar industry, California has a strong lead over the No. 2 state, Arizona, which has 8,500 jobs tied to the industry.
“California has about a third of solar workers across the country,” Andrea Luecke, executive director of the Solar Foundation, said in a briefing Tuesday to release state-specific solar-jobs numbers. “It’s been an incubator of the industry for a long time.”