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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Home Solar Expects Continued Boom in Local Installations, Jobs in 2021
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:03
	Publish Date:		2020-12-31 12:46:00
	Description:		Earlier this month, Isaiah Miller and Ryan Van Dyke made their very last home solar installation until the spring, just in time to avoid the harshest cold and snow. They climbed a slanted, shingled roof in Rib Mountain to install a few more solar panels. “We are currently setting down the last seven modules for this system,” Miller said as he braced himself against the roof’s slope. The system will be able to generate 4.3 kilowatts of solar power, which could be enough to provide electricity to the entire home. “You basically just need to turn it on and forget about it,” Miller said. Miller and Van Dyke work for Amherst-based Northwind Solar, and they’re busy. Crews average two or three residential solar installations per week in the local area. Miller likes working outside, with his hands, doing something that’s good for the earth. “I know that we are offsetting carbon emissions every system we put in,” he said. Miller and Van Dyke are part of a growing solar workforce, which totals
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