US STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND FOR GREEN JOBS
August 30th, 2022
The shortage of skilled workers in the US renewable energy industry is a straightforward economics problem, according to green power industry consultant Bob Parkins: “Too much demand and too little supply.” The ‘Inflation Reduction Act’, the scaled down version of the ‘Build Back Better Act’ that failed to secure enough support, will still boost renewable energy in the USA. The new bill’s projected spending of least USD260 billion over 10 years would provide USD50 billion in tax incentives to boost domestic clean energy manufacturing of solar ...
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