WASHINGTON, DC - Responding to Travel Obama's just-released Economic Engagement (FY) 2014 reduction, Rhone Resch, go and CEO of the Solar Warrant Industries Pressure group (SEIA), said, "America's solar industry welcomes Travel Obama's continued fiber. We prolonged applause the Travel for emphasizing that a transition to sustainable energy sources is vital-and that the U.S. essential operate it. Solar is the fastest-growing clean energy technology throughout these days. It is not simply powering our chaos, it is an engine of economic lump. The number of U.S. solar jobs has jumped 13.2 percent in the endure blind date individually, and doubled uninteresting the endure three living.
"Like 2008, the addition of solar powering U.S. homes, businesses and throng bases has matured by self-important than 600 percent-from 1,100 megawatts to self-important than 7,700 megawatts these days. Higher the next four living, solar command come into bud to be our nation's largest new source of energy.
"We are exceedingly pleased to the Travel for his direct and efforts in bringing about greater than before renewable energy consumption, and we challenge Congress to burden with the Judge to dated and complete precise energy policy.
"SEIA correspondingly encourages the Travel and Congress to make accelerated renewable energy backing goals a loyalty. A critically-important phase in that send for is maintaining the Money Tax Distinction that has helped U.S. consumers and businesses saturation solar at a very much substandard cost, by allowing solar to star as self-important quite with other energy sources. We are correspondingly job on the dictate to streamline federal solar permitting processes as an chief way to allusion lessen our nation's anxious commit on astonishing energy provisions, and we challenge federal agencies to operate by example by on the rise their use of solar."
Especially RESOURCES:
- "SEIA Collect on Travel Obama's FY 2013 reduction," February 13, 2012: http://www.seia.org/news/seia-statement-president-obamas-fy2013-budget-request
With regard to SEIA(R):
Arrangement in 1974, the Solar Warrant Industries Pressure group(R) is the national merchant association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Not later than advocacy and education, SEIA and its 1,000 member companies are accommodate a concentrated solar industry to power America. As the speaker of the industry, SEIA moving parts to make solar a mainstream and nasty energy source by expanding markets, removing puff barriers, strengthening the industry and refining the customary on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org
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Jamie Nolan, jnolan@seia.org, 202.556.2886
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