American Solar Energy Society

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The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is dedicated to advancing the U.S. toward a sustainable energy economy. It is a national section of the International Solar Energy Society.

ASES publishes Solar Today magazine, organizes the National Solar Tour, produces the National Solar Energy Conference, and advocates for policies to promote the research, deployment and deployment of renewable energy.

ASES is based in Boulder, Colorado, has regional and state chapters throughout the country.^[1] and it is a member of the US national organization Earth Share.

1 ASES report on renewable energy
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] ASES report on renewable energy

Looking forward to 2030, a 2007 report by the American Solar Energy Society^[2] (ASES) examined three scenarios of renewable energy policy development:

a "business as usual" scenario, with no major policy changes;
a moderate scenario that includes incremental policy advances; and
an advanced scenario of aggressive growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

In the "business as usual" scenario, the jobs created by renewable energy increase 190% by 2030, while jobs created by energy efficiency increase by 85%. In the moderate scenario, the jobs created by renewable energy increase nearly seven-fold, while jobs created by energy efficiency more than double. And in the advanced scenario, the jobs created by renewable energy increase 17-fold, while jobs created by energy efficiency quadruple. In the advanced scenario, renewable energy revenues increase to nearly $600 billion, while energy efficiency revenues increase to almost $4 trillion.

The ASES report also stated that in the U.S., 8 million people were employed in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in 2006, and $933 billion in sales were generated, $100 billion in profits, and $150 billion in increased federal, state, and local government tax revenues. The report noted difficulty in defining the energy efficiency industry, but found 196,000 people directly employed by the renewable energy industry, as well as 452,000 indirect jobs created, and revenues of $39.2 billion in 2006.^[2]