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by TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer , April 14, 2009

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“They see the field of alternative energy as the industry that’s going to pick up where the automotive industry left off,” said David Wilson, who coordinates the alternative energy program.

In Silicon Valley, community colleges have teamed up with the solar energy industry to train workers how to install rooftop systems. When the program was launched in 2007, solar power was growing rapidly in California, thanks in part to a $3 billion state rebate program.

But the financial crisis has frozen the market for new systems. Many solar-installation firms are laying off workers, not hiring them.

Matthew Welch, who teaches the Solar 102 class at San Jose City College, recently lost his job as a solar installer. Now he is starting his own solar company and may try to hire some of his students.

“The cost is going to be coming down,” Welch said. “You’re going to be seeing solar everywhere in the future.”

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