Solar-industry jobs picture not so sunny in Arizona in 2013, report says

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Two Lighthouse Solar employees install solar panels on a Colorado house in 2011. A new report says installation continued to be the largest job sector in solar-related industries last year. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

WASHINGTON – Arizona posted the second-highest number of solar-industry jobs in the nation for the second year in a row in 2013, despite losing 1,242 jobs from a year earlier, according to a new report.

Solar-energy jobs booming in U.S.; Arizona seeing benefits

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Two Lighthouse Solar employees install microcrystalline PV modules on top of a Colorado townhome in December 2011. (Photo courtesy Dennis Schroeder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Solar energy jobs in the U.S. grew by 13 percent over the past year, a rate almost six times faster than the national average employment growth rate.

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Solar-industry jobs picture not so sunny in Arizona in 2013, report says

Solar-energy jobs booming in U.S.; Arizona seeing benefits