The Energy Department wants to help veterans find work in the solar power industry, so the department is expanding the Solar Ready Vets program from three military bases to 10. The new bases will join the program in 2016, according to a report in Marine Corps Times.
The program, which launched this year, is part of the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative. The original bases, which have trained about 100 military members making the move back to civilian life, are Camp Pendleton, California; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
The bases that will become part of the program next year are still being chosen.
Veterans who take part in the program will get training as solar photovoltaic system installers, inspectors and sales representatives.
