Renewable Energy Faces a Looming Workforce Crisis
Despite a discouraging political climate and unprecedented uncertainty in the United States clean energy sector, low costs of wind and solar energy continue to drive growth of the domestic clean energy sector. However, while market forces continue to support the expansion of renewable energy capacity, the sector faces critical challenges extending beyond the antagonism of the Trump administration. The continued growth of solar and wind power risks being hampered by several mitigating factors, including (but not limited to) intensifying competition…