I couldn’t help but notice that the N&R runs with the Pew Charitable Trust’s spin on job growth in the green economy, but has trouble finding examples here in the Triad:
Robert Smith owns Sun Power Systems in Winston-Salem, and with seven employees, he’s ready for a new phase of growth — if the economy heats up again.
His company sells a variety of solar electric products from modules mounted on roofs to complete systems that combine roofing material with embedded solar technology.
…..Carolina Solar Energy of Durham installed the system in 2008. It generates the amount of power required to run the park — the equivalent of power for about 13 houses.
The zoo sells the 105 kilowatts to the local utility — Randolph Electric Membership Corp. — and essentially buys the same amount back.
Gerry Dudzik, the chief operating officer of Carolina Solar, said his company doesn’t employ many people, but works on a project-by-project basis.
Actually, Pew’s forecast isn’t all that bright, saying it “expects job growth in the clean energy economy to have declined in 2008,” but “experts predict the drop in this sector will be less severe than the drop in U.S. jobs overall.”
