Originally posted by Hijinx
reply to post by Sissel

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I think the reason is, that these were projects to set up solar farms so to speak.

I can see how a company installing panels, for clients would be a very profitable business, how ever the latter not so much. You obviously have some experience, if a company were to set up a solar array for the means of providing power as a green solution to coal, or gas power facilities could you understand employees having little to do? I do not have experience with solar panels, only what I've read, but if a facility were set up with an array of panels with the intention of providing public power would the operation be a flop or success?

SRP has selected Iberdrola Renewables Inc. to build and operate a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) power facility that would, for the first time, allow an Arizona utility's customers to save money by buying the green energy directly from SRP's land-mounted solar power plant. When completed, the solar facility would be the largest utility-scale solar photovoltaic facility of its kind in Arizona, producing enough power to serve more than 4,500 homes, said Mark Bonsall, SRP's associate general manager for Commercial and Customer Services

Originally posted by Iwinder
reply to post by Sissel

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Have a read at this article, this is our local farm where my neighbour worked and as you can see almost 1000 people.

Today it is done and has a total of 12 workers now and most are part time.

All paid with the green feeling tax dollars.....

Link below
www.cbc.ca...


Everyone got to work rain or shine for 8 bucks and hour then they got the golden kick in the ass only to open their next bill for electricity and say WTF?

All nice and neat with their very own tax dollars.


Regards, Iwinder

TextI don't know what part of the country you are in, but in Arizona installers get paid a heck of a lot more than $8.00 per hour. None of them would even consider doing the job if that was all they got paid. It's in such a high demand here that a company is willing to fork over quite a bit to keep these guys busy. Perhaps they need to relocate.

Ten years ago, solar panels were made mostly in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Chinese manufacturers made almost none. But by 2006, the Chinese company Suntech Power had the capacity to make over a million silicon-based solar panels a year and was already the world's third-largest producer.....

The Chinese Solar Machine

Obama & Co. had to know this

The solar-power business is expanding quickly in the U.S., helping lift the cloud that has surrounded the industry since the demise of Solyndra LLC a year ago.

But the growth isn't coming from U.S. solar-panel manufacturing, despite the money and rhetoric devoted to the industry by the Obama administration. Instead, it is in installations of largely foreign-made panels, whose falling price has made solar more competitive with other forms of power.

"There should be little emphasis put on where the panels are made," said Lyndon Rive, chief executive of SolarCity Corp., which finances and installs rooftop solar systems. "Most of the jobs are in delivery and they're long-term, permanent jobs."..................

Fueled by Cheap Chinese Panels, U.S. Solar Use Soars

BUT !!....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday set steep final duties on billions of dollars of solar energy products from China, but turned down a request from lawmakers and U.S. manufacturers to expand the scope of its order.

Chinese solar manufacturers criticized the decision, adding more heat to the U.S.-China trade relationship following a congressional panel report on Monday urging American companies not to do business with two Chinese telecommunications companies because of security concerns.....

U.S. sets steep final duties on Chinese solar panels