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EU to lose 5% of solar workforce in 2025 as ‘job-intensive’ residential market contracts

October 2, 2025
The European solar sector will lose around 5% of its jobs in 2025, the first contraction in employment for the sector in nearly a decade.
Most solar employment in the US is found in construction and installation activities. Image: Sol Systems.

E2: Solar accounts for more than 60% of all jobs in US renewable energy generation

September 22, 2025
The US added 6,012 new jobs in the solar industry between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the fourth quarter of 2024, according to E2.
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Standardisation and agility: building a workforce for Europe’s evolving PV industry

July 18, 2025
Inside the European Solar Academy's steps to equip Europe’s workforce with necessary skills as it approaches its first anniversary.
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25 years to go: shifting the focus from solar growth towards successful operations

June 12, 2025
Equipment-driven underperformance in PV power plants has tripled over the past five years, according to Raptor Maps.
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SEIA: ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ risks 330,000 clean energy jobs, many in Republican states

June 4, 2025
The passage of the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' could put 330,000 clean energy jobs at risk, and threaten 331 factories with cancellation.
The two companies share a longstanding partnership, having jointly delivered several major solar projects across the Southwestern, South Central, and Mountain West regions of the US. Image: SOLV Energy.

SOLV Energy to build 6GW of solar and storage assets in the US

May 20, 2025
SOLV Energy has announced plans to build more than 6GW of new utility-scale solar and storage capacity in the US.
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Meyer Burger shifts to ‘short-time work’ at Thalheim cell facility

April 24, 2025
Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has reduced shifts for around 300 employees at its Thalheim cell manufacturing facility amid supply chain challenges.
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Raptor Maps: Global solar loses up to US$10 billion to asset underperformance in 2024

March 4, 2025
Asset underperformance cost the global solar sector a record US$10 billion in lost revenue in 2024, according to Raptor Maps.
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Asset managers need to be ‘dealt into the poker game’ to maximise the value of European solar assets

February 5, 2025
Involving asset managers in the entire lifecycle of a solar project could be the most effective way to maximise the value of their assets.
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Ensuring Europe’s solar workforce is fit for purpose

January 23, 2025
Figures suggest that the European solar sector is seeing unprecedented levels of employment but the rate of new job creation is slowing.

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