The White House has announced a coordinating agreement between federal agencies to create a workforce training and service initiative to 20,000 Americans in conservation and clean energy jobs. The initiative will be paid experiences that adhere to a common set of programmatic standards, and provide pathways to high-quality employment opportunities in the public and private sectors. President Joe Biden is also encouraging the CEO of AmeriCorps to consider expanding access to the Segal Ameri Corps Education Awards to the new initiative’s members, which would give them access to funds they could use to pay for additional education or reduce student debt. Industry experts have been sounding the alarm about renewable workforce needs since shortly after the IRA was passed, calling it an existential threat to the clean energy transition. However, a gap exists between clean energy’’S aging workforce of skilled laborers and a nascent influx of young workers who haven’t yet accumulated institutional knowledge.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
