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Massachusetts Solar Energy Jobs Jump

In a rebuttal to all those naysayers like Samuel Sherradan, who charge that “green energy” jobs are more hype than hope, Massachusetts’ Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary Ian A. Bowles says that the state’s solar energy jobs took a nearly 100-percent jump between 2007 and 2008, with an equal increase predicted for this year.

In a rebuttal to all those naysayers like Samuel Sherradan, who charge that “green energy” jobs are more hype than hope, Massachusetts’ Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary Ian A. Bowles says that the state’s solar energy jobs took a nearly 100-percent jump between 2007 and 2008, with an equal increase predicted for this year.

Bowles released the numbers at the Cleantech Forum XXIII, a two-day event which opened on September 9 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

The numbers, from 1,086 to 2,075 – in a state not known for its remarkable solar irradiance values or focus on solar energy – are surprising; or, as Bowles notes, “indicative of the health and welfare” of the local solar energy industry (a health that fossil-fuel advocates gainsay, presumably to protect their own turf).Read Full Article

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