Veterans Advanced Energy Project Co-Director Greg Douquet recently wrote in the Colorado Spring Gazette about the importance of solar for our forward deployed military and jobs for veterans at home:
“Thousands of veterans have successfully found fulfilling careers within the growing solar energy industry. Across the United States, the rise of solar energy has created hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs, with veterans occupying nearly 20,000 of those jobs representing almost 8% of the solar workforce.”
In the article, Greg encourages Congress to extend the Solar Investment Tax Credit and pass the bipartisan Energy Jobs for Our Heroes Act to support reliable, good-paying energy jobs for our veterans.
Read the whole article here: https://gazette.com/opinion/guest-column-support-our-veterans-with-a-strong-energy-strategy/article_b8c4a72c-1779-11ea-8443-67a90e7077c0.html
