Clamoring for “long-term stable growth” in their sector,
solar industry workers rallied Wednesday for changes that would make it easier
and more economical for people to support renewable energy.
After some boom years, employment in the Massachusetts solar
industry has dipped, losing about 3,000 jobs in the past two years. The
industry now employs 11,500 people in Massachusetts.
“This is still in the early frames of our growth as an
industry,” said Zaid Ashai, chairman and CEO of Nexamp, a solar company. He
told supporters outside the State House, “It needs to be long-term stable
growth.”
