Employ Florida Banner Center for Energy http://www.bannercenterforenergy.com/wordpress Indian River State College Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Where are the Jobs Really Going to Be? http://www.bannercenterforenergy.com/wordpress/2009/10/26/where-are-the-jobs-really-going-to-be/ http://www.bannercenterforenergy.com/wordpress/2009/10/26/where-are-the-jobs-really-going-to-be/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:20:31 +0000 admin http://www.bannercenterforenergy.com/wordpress/?p=5 George Friedman in his New York Times bestselling book, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Centublog_Oct26_2009ry http://www.amazon.com/Next-100-Years-Forecast-Century/dp/038551705X, predicts the two largest growing workforces in the United States for the next 4 decades as robotics and energy.  But what are the jobs?  What skills are needed?  What degrees are needed?  Post your thoughts in this Blog. 

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Florida’s energy industry is growing 25% in the next two decades, plus the workforce is close to retirement.  Thousands of workers will be needed at power generation facilities in Florida over the next two decades.  As to where, fossil fuels and nuclear facilities employ the most.  Solar and Wind facilities are non-labor intensive, in fact the largest PV solar facility (90,000 solar panels) in the US,

 http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=11384331

just opened in Arcadia, Fl and it will only employ 12 people on site.

Kevin C.

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