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How one state is helping increase the solar workforce

Phasing out fossil fuels requires a lot of clean energy infrastructure, like solar farms. Now workers in one sun-soaked part of our region are grabbing a share of that green gold rush. They're retraining workers to handle the growth in solar.

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07 Aug 2023
Francisco Valenzuela works on installing a support structure common on large-scale solar farms during training at the Northern Nevada Laborers Training Center in Storey County, Nev., on June 23, 2023.
Francisco Valenzuela works on installing a support structure common on large-scale solar farms during training at the Northern Nevada Laborers Training Center in Storey County, Nev., on June 23, 2023.(Kaleb Roedel / Mountain West News Bureau)

Phasing out fossil fuels requires a lot of clean energy infrastructure, like solar farms. Now workers in one sun-soaked part of our region are grabbing a share of that green gold rush. They're retraining workers to handle the growth in solar. The Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel reports.