The Solar Foundation (TSF, Washington D.C.) has released state-level data on solar employment in the United States. TSF found that California again leads the nation with 47,200 solar workers in 2013, roughly 1/3 of the nations 143,000 jobs.Arizona came in a distant second, with 8,600 jobs, a loss of 13% from 2012, whereas new Jersey added 800 jobs to reach 6,500. New Englands six states together represent 25,000 jobs, over 20% of the national total.“The California Census indicates that the futur…

Pufin Power Group (Maastricht, The Netherlands) has announced that it will increase its solar photovoltaic (PV) cell and module manufacturing capacity, following an agreement with Thomson Energy (Issy les Moulineaux, France) that includes a PV module supply component.Pufin Power will increase production through group companies EliFrance SAS (La Talaudire, France), Solland Solar Cells (Heerland, The Netherlands) and El.Ital SpA (Avellino, Italy), with investments completed by April 2014. Pufin Pow…