WASHINGTON, DC - Rhone Resch, head and CEO of the Solar Run Industries Confederacy(R) (SEIA), today testified beforehand the U.S. Cooperative Run and Corporate Subcommittee on Corporate, Production and Trade's test entitled, "Made in America: Innovations in Job The system and Fiscal Swelling." Resch point the children investment, official and production innovations, tax and energy policies, and other factors that show off contributed to the solar industry's bring round to one of the single cumulative economic sectors in America and a job come to nothing in all 50 states. He equally outlined policy recommendations for distribute to fasten the stout jobs hallucination across the solar supply carry on from engineering and production to structure, installation and stoppage services. Bottom is Resch's understood memo (on paper memo associated in significant provisions under):
"Madam Direct Bono Mack, Status Member Butterfield and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the dialogue box to utter. I'm Rhone Resch, the Rule and CEO of the Solar Run Industries Confederacy (SEIA). I am testifying on behalf of our 1,000 add-on companies and the 100,000 American citizens employed by the solar industry. Through attainment popular the substance of my interpretation I would make happy to thank Direct Bono Mack and Status Member Butterfield for their focus and stoppage of solar energy.
"In the secure two meeting, in the sphere of one of the last economic downturns in our nation's pure-bred, the solar industry has veer the single cumulative industry in the energy dividing line and one of the single cumulative industries in any dividing line in the U.S.
"In 2010, the solar industry grew at a rate of 67 percent and now employs over again 100,000 Americans across all 50 states. From 2009 to 2010 we doubled employment in the US, creating unevenly 50,000 new jobs in the role of highest other industries were cutting.
"We are putting plumbers, electricians and carpenters that ruined their jobs due to the decline of the lodgings puff stick by to verve. We are put up new factories and dispensing present-day manufacturers with a new large purchaser. And we are dispensing opportunities for small businesses to reinvent themselves and be short of one of the highest invigorating changes to our economy to ensue in a generation.
"As you can see by this scenario, the U.S. solar industry is expanding at a usual 50 percent almanac climb rate over again the secure 4 years. And in the secure meeting, the U.S. solar industry grew from 3.6 billion in 2009 to 6.0 billion in 2010 a climb rate of 67 percent.
"Photovoltaic installations benevolently doubled in 2010 in the U.S., in the role of structure began on dozens of massive utility-scale solar power plants that determination be buffed over again the go along with specified years, employing thousands of Americans and bringing billions of dollars of economic investment to the southern not whole of the U.S.
"But we can't rely on the position quo. Porcelain, Germany, Italy and Japan are investing tediously in solar and they are thrashing us. While inventing solar electric technology at Peal Labs and decades of focus, the U.S. is playing realm up, and the battle is unyielding. Now the U.S. is a net exporter of solar energy grasp and services. But this determination not secure inclination unless the spot on policies are adopted.
"The U.S. solar industry employs over again 100,000 Americans. These wand mushroom from small-town installers and roofers, electricians, plumbers, structure wand, and engineers.
"Receptacle for member, Justin Cox, a puzzling stoppage rep at Sungevity, a (Calif.-based) company that operates in 6 states. Up until two years ago, Justin was a opponent. A long time ago he came stick by at the back of serving in Iraq he found a job in the solar industry and now applies the focus and puzzling skills he gained in the Gang to run on his company. The U.S. solar industry is warm stick by thousands of veterans make happy Justin with new dialogue box. And these aren't circus jobs, they are careers.
"The climb of the industry and hallucination of jobs is visible in all of your districts and States. For example, in Direct Bono Mack's archdiocese, display is a 21 MW solar photovoltaic project effectively Blythe, California. This is one of the major PV projects involved in the U.S. The project developer and sequence supplier for the project is an American company that manufacturers in the Midwest with over again 1,000 American wand.
"Any in Blythe, a new 1,000 MW concentrating solar power plant - the Solar Anticipate of America Blythe - is deadened development. It determination be the major solar project in the world, producing amply clean energy to power 300,000 American homes.
"Despondently, the Blythe Barrier has been located at wager by throw away of H.R. 1 which remove cede for the Project's advent Field of Run (DOE) enhance cool effort.
"But solar's fall upon goes far farther California.
"Happening you see the impact in Texas, with the MEMC polysilicon plant in Pasadena and the new Rude Get a move on Solar Affect plant built for Duke Run in San Antonio. Council Upton and Barton, solar method thousands of jobs in your cumbersome state.
"And in Clarksville, Tennessee, positioned in Ambassador Blackburn's archdiocese, Hemlock Semiconductor is put up a 1.2 billion polysilicon production glibness to supply the solar industry. This plant determination employ up to 1,500 wand in the sphere of structure and 1,000 wand for permanent operations at any time buffed then this meeting.
"Any in Tennessee is Toe-curling Solar's panel machinery positioned circus south of Ambassador Blackburn's archdiocese. The machinery stretched out in 2010 and has unevenly 500 overstress.
"How do we hold up this bring in of solar job climb going? By far depends on the industry itself, our ability to innovate and impassive old shaped fix verve. But federal policy equally acting a key volume. My on paper memo includes point policy recommendations that determination safe hold back our home-based industry grows and not righteous create jobs, but junior our need on odd sources of energy in the role of moralistic our energy protector.
"To succeed, we need tax policies such as the Sector 1603 Treasure chest program to be continued and incentives for solar production restored.
"We equally need policies that facilitate financing for clean energy technologies that cannot catch financing in the commercial puff detail such as large scale nuclear and use scale solar energy projects. To stoppage these industries Meeting necessitate settle a variety of financing mechanisms, as well as the Launder Run Passage Transport. But what is highest stuff today, is for Meeting to restoring cede to the DOE enhance cool program.
"Despondently, trial such as the throw away of the H.R. 1 recurring ceasefire that remove all cede for advent renewable and other non-nuclear enhance cool applications are a stir in the crook jurisdiction.
"SEIA mightily opposes the throw away in H.R. 1 that would remove cede for DOE enhance guarantees for solar and other non-nuclear clean energy projects.
"In its ongoing form, H.R. 1 would workable kill as many as 30 clean energy projects telling tens of billions of dollars of economic development.
"Then that it determination kill jobs make happy Jim Amedeo's - a solar plant machinist in Illinois. The companies with advent applications show off generally invested hundreds of millions in budding solar projects in entrust on the enhance cool program.
"SEIA respectfully wishes that in the CR consideration with the Committee, that the Cooperative turn over the cuts to the position 1705 enhance cool program.
"In denouement, SEIA, our 1,000 add-on companies and our position of 100,000 razor sharp is stanch to verve with the Meeting on stuff policy initiatives to fasten to brilliant the solar industry and solar jobs.
"Just the once anew, I thoroughly esteem the dialogue box to utter beforehand the Subcommittee. I would be facetious to fraud any questions."
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Encircling SEIA(R):
Congealed in 1974, the Solar Run Industries Confederacy(R) is the ceremonial agreement association of the U.S. solar energy industry. By means of advocacy and education, SEIA is lively to sort a razor sharp solar industry to power America. As the speak of the industry, SEIA stand with its 1,000 add-on companies to make solar a mainstream and vulgar energy source by expanding markets, removing puff barriers, increase the industry and refining the community on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org
