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USSolar Institute to Continue Accelerated Solar Diploma Program!
Due to popular demand, US Solar Institute is happy to announce that we will be continuing to offer our solar diploma in an accelerated three week program! Our next Accelerated Program will start April 8, 2013. Students will have already taken our pre-requisite online PV101 PV Entry Level course. Then they will come to our campus for [...]
Solar Energy Certification Training in a Post-Solyndra World
By now, you’ve likely seen the headlines. Solyndra, poster-child of the Bush and Obama administrations’ green energy plans, went bankrupt, thus proving the unsustainability of the sustainability movement. Anyone who has ever considered taking PV installation or renewable energy training courses should look for other certification outlets. Why even invest in green jobs anymore? Solyndra’s dismal [...]
How Solar Energy Works
Over the past two centuries, humans learned how to harness fossil fuels on a vast scale to power an industrial revolution, but at what cost? The benefits come at great, mounting, and irreparable environmental costs. Fossil fuels cannot continue to be humanity’s primary source of energy. Our dependence on international oil must stop. As Thomas [...]
Hundreds of Solar Jobs Expected in Tampa Bay, Florida
New solar jobs will soon be coming to Tampa Bay. A German company has recently announced plans to build a solar plant within the next few months. The new plant will be located in the Dome Industrial Site and is expected to provide 160 jobs. The company will also be creating a number of solar farms in Pinellas [...]
Solar Energy is Here to Stay: Proof in 6 Images
As a solar educational institute that has trained many students from around the world, we realize that every student enjoys a different style of learning. For those of you visual learners, we thought we’d share some illustrations that help sum up the state of the solar industry. This first illustration "compares finite and renewable planetary [...]
Steps to Becoming a Florida Solar Contractor
So you want to become a solar contractor? Contrary to popular belief, you cannot take a 40-hour course and legally go out and safely install solar. There are steps one must take (the requirements vary from state to state) to be licensed with the authority to install, maintain, and repair solar hot water systems, solar [...]
Florida’s Renewable Energy Industry
The future of Florida renewable energy is destined to be a product of its past. Although it is not racing toward the future, its future is still a hopeful one on the horizon. There are several key elements and players involved in the pursuit of Florida renewable energy. Politicians, taxpayers (read also as voters) utility [...]
Cool Gadgets Powered by Solar Energy
Everyone loves cool gadgets. How about solar powered gadgets? We think they’re even cooler. We’ve put together a list of the some of the coolest solar powered products on the market and thought we’d share them with our readers. Enjoy and feel free to share any nifty solar gadgets that you’ve come across. 1. Solar [...]
WANTED: Trained & Experienced Workers in Renewable Energy Industry
If you’ve turned on the news lately, you know that unemployment is still the number one issue in America today. Regardless of what industry one may be in, there simply aren't enough jobs. According to a number of recent surveys and studies, including this one from the San Francisco Center for Economic Development, that’s not [...]