The Department of Energy has doled out another $32 million to support the solar industry, a sector fraught with technology challenges and scandal – and nevertheless propped up with billions of taxpayer dollars during the Obama Administration.
This latest funding is dedicated to training a workforce of solar technicians, developing new technology and implementing a database to share performance data, the DOE announced in a press release last week.
The training goal is 75,000 workers by 2020 and an undisclosed amount of “other professionals” in other fields such as real estate, finance, insurance and fire and safety.
What the release didn’t say was that the Obama Administration has spent $150 billion on green initiatives between 2009 and 2014, yet the industry cannot survive without government giveaways, a Brookings Institution study found.
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to spend even more money on job-training programs that are proven failures,” said Heritage Foundation energy expert David W. Kreutzer.
The energy revolution in places like North Dakota and Texas has created hundreds of thousands of jobs—many of which required considerable technical skill—without a federally funded job-training program.”
...SolarCity also finds itself under investigation by the FBI for allegations it misused taxpayer funds. In that case, The Oregonian reported that after it blew a federal deadline SolarCity officials backdated an application for a $12 million government grant.
...“If solar is as competitive as its supporters say, then great!
We can get rid of renewable mandates, net-metering, the 30 percent investment tax credit, etc.; and let solar run everybody else out of business,” Kreutzer said.
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