Finding a future - and a calling - in solar electricity

By Barbara Grady
STAFFWRITER
InsideBayArea.com
Article Created: 04/11/2008 11:58:38 AM PDT

Mark Hilsabeck (NEEI renewable energy technician graduate) climbs a ladder to the roof of a home in Berkeley more than a dozen times in a morning, sometimes carrying solar panels weighing 30 pounds each, other times tools and electrical equipment.

"We are planning on adding 200 workers in the next two years," Rive said. His company has been growing rapidly since its founding in July 2006.  It has already hired 210 people.

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