Job Reports
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) Interactive Report: Renewable Energy in America
Renewable Energy in America is intended to provide decision-makers an executive summary on the status of renewable energy implementation at the state-level. The report provides a two-page, high-level overview on the key developments that have shaped the renewable energy landscape in each state, including information on installed and planned capacity, markets, economic development, resource potential and policy.
Solar Foundation Jobs Report
The Solar Foundation Jobs report provided job data in line with how the Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics measure job creation rather than job creation per megawatt or per million in investment that banks and DOE has traditionally used.
Bureau of Labor Statistics' Tracking of Solar Jobs
Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with their green job classification initiative in 2010. This initiative will provide solar jobs with standard occupation classification codes for tracking and statistic purposes.
O*net Papers on Green Jobs and Job Classifications
O*net has papers on green jobs and job classifications that the DOL and other evaluators used to reference in 2009-2010:
American Solar Energy Society Green Jobs report
ASES' report contains new national jobs data and analysis of the renewable energy landscape.
Green For All green jobs resource section
Green For All keeps a resource section of green jobs.
Apollo Alliance reports
The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs.
National Solar Jobs Census 2011
The Solar Job Foundation's review of the solar workforce.Achieving Lost-Cost Solar PV
This report summarizes near-term cost-reduction recommendations that emerged from Rocky Mountain Institute’s Solar PV Balance of System Design Charrette, an industry-wide event organized in June 2010. It focuses on BoS costs for rigid, rectangular modules installed in commercial and utility systems up to 20 MW capacity.
The Solar and Wind Energy Supply Chain in Wisconsin
From the Environmental Law and Policy Center, this report takes inventory of solar and wind energy in the state of Wisconsin.
Freeing the Grid
Best Practices in State Net Metering Policies and Interconnection Procedures endorsed by the Solar Alliance and the Solar Foundation.
U.S. Solar Market Trends 2010
IREC's annual report on the solar marketplace.
Preparing Energy Technicians for the 21st Century Workforce
This report documents discussions from the National Energy Technician Education Summit held in December 2010 in Washington DC and supported by the National Science Foundation. The report provides recommendations from energy experts and stakeholders from across the country for the facilitation of energy technician education in the U.S. Discussion centers on current and projected industry needs financial opportunities and constraints and enhancements to the technician educational programs that provide the energy industry with their workforce.
A Bright Future for the Heartland
The Union of Concerned Scientist's report on powering the Midwest economy with clean energy.
Clean Energy Supply Chain Reports
The Environmental Law and Policy Center's reports on wind, solar, and geothermal supply chains.Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Job Projections for 2008-2018.
- Department of Workforce Development projections by region
This page sorts out job projections by industry and occupation.
Department of Workforce Development projections by industry and occupation
You may find their data helpful in your training and career strategy in Wisconsin and beyond.