Climate Central: The U.S. solar power industry continued its hiring spree in 2015, growing nearly 12 times faster than overall U.S. employment.
The solar industry has seen 123 percent growth in employment since 2010, adding 115,000 jobs in that time. Last year, industry employment totaled 208,859, with 35,000 new jobs added in 2015, up from about 31,000 in 2014, according to the annual solar jobs census released by The Solar Foundation on Tuesday.
"Solar is surging,' former U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis...