Monday, April 4, 2011

SEIA: "Solar energy industry is the FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY IN AMERICA!"

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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!"PR NewswireApril 3, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhone Resch, president and CEO
of the Solar Energy Industries Association R (SEIAR) 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
MaterialsGrowth of Solar Energy in the U.S.U.S. Solar Market Insight(TM)
Background Materials:Executive summary (free):
http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-YIR-2010-ES.pdf Details on the report:
http://www.seia.org/cs/research/SolarInsight Other Background
Materials:Solar industry PSA airing nationwide: http://seia.us/gy2i9GSolar
Generation Road Trip: www.solargenerationusa.org 2010 National Solar Jobs
Census: http://bit.ly/jobscensus Meet some of the faces of the solar
industry: http://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:
http://www.seia.org/cs/solar_policies About SEIAR:Established in 1974, the
Solar Energy Industries AssociationR is the national trade association of
the U.S. solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIAR is
working to build a strong solar industry to power America. As the voice of
the industry, SEIAR 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 SEIAR Online:SEIAR President & CEO
Rhone Resch is on Twitter. SEIAR is on YouTube and Facebook.
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