National Solar Jobs Census - 2020
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This report tracks domestic solar employment across all solar industry market sectors and across the supply chain, from residential solar installation to utility-scale construction, and from raw materials to finished products in 2020. Despite employment reductions, annual solar installations reached a record 19.2 GWdc in 2020. The industry was able to achieve these totals despite reduced employment in part due to a rapid increase in the share of utility-scale deployment. - Utility-scale installations represented 73% of all solar capacity installed in 2020, a new record - Because utility-scale projects use fewer installation workers per kilowatt deployed, the increase in utility-scale market share allowed for greater deployment with lower labor intensity Installation and construction-related employment continued to be the largest segment in the industry, representing 67% of all jobs.