SEIA President Highlights Growth at PV America Conference/Expo.
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Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) President and CEO Rhone Resch addressed PV America Conference 2011 in Philadelphia, PA to welcome solar professionals from around country. His speech highlighted solar PV's growth in 2010, its potential for 2011, impacts on job growth, and how Mid-Atlantic/Northeast region is currently largest market for PV in U.S. In total, 878 MW of PV capacity was installed in 2010, which is more than double 2009 installation totals.
Original Press Release:
SEIA President Rhone Resch Highlights Solar Industry's Tremendous Growth at PV America Conference and Expo
"The solar energy industry is the FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY IN AMERICA! We are growing faster than wind energy, faster than telecommunications, and, thank goodness, we are even growing faster than the mortgage foreclosure industry!"
"The Mid-Atlantic region is beating California as the largest market in the U.S. for solar PV installations."
"And solar is creating jobs... Right here in the middle of coal country, more than 7,000 Pennsylvanians have found work in the solar industry. The same number as are working in the coal mines in this state."
PHILADELPHIA -- Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association ® (SEIA®) today addressed the PV America Conference 2011 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia to welcome solar professionals from around the country.
Mr. Resch's speech highlighted solar PV's tremendous growth in 2010, its potential for 2011 and how the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast region is now the largest market for PV in the United States. In total, 878 megawatts (MW) of PV capacity was installed in 2010, more than doubling 2009 installation totals. Read the full text of the speech here: Full Speech.
Background Materials
Growth of Solar Energy in the U.S.
U.S. Solar Market Insight(TM) Background Materials:
-- Executive summary (free): www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-YIR-2010-ES.pdf
-- Details on the report: www.seia.org/cs/research/SolarInsight
Other Background Materials:
-- Solar industry PSA airing nationwide: http://seia.us/gy2i9G
-- Solar Generation Road Trip: www.solargenerationusa.org
-- 2010 National Solar Jobs Census: http://bit.ly/jobscensus
-- Meet some of the faces of the solar industry: www.solarworksforamerica.org
-- U.S. Solar Energy Trade Assessment 2010 report finds the U.S. is a net exporter of solar products: http://seia.org/cs/news_detail?pressrelease.id=1144
-- SEIA Policy Issues: www.seia.org/cs/solar_policies
About SEIA®:
Established in 1974, the Solar Energy Industries Association® is the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIA® is working to build a strong solar industry to power America. As the voice of the industry, SEIA® works with its 1,000 member companies to make solar a mainstream and significant energy source by expanding markets, removing market barriers, strengthening the industry and educating the public on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org
SEIA® Online:
SEIA® President & CEO Rhone Resch is on Twitter. SEIA® is on YouTube and Facebook.
CONTACT: Jared Blanton, +1-202-550-0986, jblanton@seia.org; Brian Willis, +1-202-253-7486, bwillis@tigercomm.us
