Illinois’ solar industry is looking to train a new generation of clean-energy workers – Daily Herald*

Under the state climate act, the state Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is responsible for implementing dozens of investments in workforce development related to clean energy, including funding 13 training hubs across the state. The department is looking to have some of the hubs running by the end of the year.
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Henry Hatch
1 year ago

It will be similar to training a new generation of buggy whip makers, because solar is unsustainable and totally unreliable. Most people realize that solar is not the solution to green energy. In the Chicago area 176 out of 365 days, or 48 percent, are cloudy and little or reduced power is produced. That doesn’t include the number of days that solar panels are covered with snow and produce no power at all, so call it 50 percent of daylight hours. Solar panels only produce peak energy when the sun is highest in the sky in the summer. Due to… Read more »

Aaron
1 year ago

translation: wage slaves needed from which to extort operating expenses for the state.

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