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growth potential for generation of electricity employers, 16–17, 20–21
by solar power, 22 information sources, 22–23
installation costs, 5 job description, 16–18, 17, 21, 72–73
interface between geothermal energy and job outlook, 22
electricity, 34 personal qualities and skills, 20, 73
job outlook, 7 solar voltaic systems engineers. See solar voltaic
major types of, 4 designers
other terms for, 4 solar voltaic utility managers. See solar voltaic
percent of world’s electricity produced by designers
hydroelectric stations, 40 sustainable energy. See renewable energy
production cost of making solar panels, 5
states with ambitious goals, 7 Terra-Gen Operating Company (California), 37
TreeHugger (website), 17
senior wind plant technicians. See wind turbine Truity (website), 41, 46
technicians
Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), 15 Underwood, Kristin
Smith, Gordon, 11, 12 on education of solar voltaic installers, 19
Smolen, Dan, 7–8 on improvisational aspect of solar
solar array engineers. See solar voltaic designers installations, 18
solar energy on need of solar voltaic installers to be away
costs, 5 from home, 21
growth potential for generation of electricity on solar residential installations, 17
by, 22 University of California–Los Angeles, 53–54
job outlook, 4–5 University of Massachusetts Amherst, 5
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), 23 US Department of Energy, 30
solar field service technicians. See solar voltaic US Department of Labor, 67
installers US Geological Survey (USGS), 43
solar installation technicians commercial. See US Green Building Council, 59
solar voltaic installers US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
solar installers. See solar voltaic installers 66, 71
solar installer technicians. See solar voltaic
installers Vermont, 7
Solar Living Institute (SLI), 23 volunteer work and internships
solar photovoltaic installers, 6 biofuels processing technicians, 51
See also solar voltaic installers hydrologists, 43
solar technicians. See solar voltaic installers solar voltaic designers, 12
solar thermal designers/engineers, 10
See also solar voltaic designers wind energy, job outlook, 4–5
Solar Thermal Magazine, 11 wind services technicians. See wind turbine
solar voltaic designers technicians
advancement opportunities, 14 wind turbine services technicians. See wind
basic facts about, 9 turbine technicians
certification and licensing, 12 wind turbine technicians
earnings, 13 advancement opportunities, 30
educational requirements, 11–12 apprenticeships, 27–28
employers, 9–10, 13 basic facts about, 24
information sources, 15 certification and licensing, 27
internships, 12 earnings, 6, 29
job description, 9–11, 13, 18 educational requirements, 6, 27
job outlook, 14 employers, 28
personal qualities and skills, 12 information sources, 30–31
solar voltaic installers job description, 24–26, 25, 29
advancement opportunities, 22 job outlook, 30
apprenticeships, 20 personal qualities/skills, 28
basic facts about, 16 Wind Turbine Technicians (website), 25–26, 28
certification and licensing, 19–20 WindTurbineTechnicians.net, 31
earnings, 21–22 World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), 31
educational requirements, 19

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