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Clean energy jobs and economic recovery took center stage in President Barack Obama’s second State of the Union address tonight before a Joint Session of Congress that was televised and webcast across the country and around the world.

The President said that there should more Americans working to  building clean energy facilities, and plans to give rebates to Americans who make their homes more energy efficient, which supports clean energy jobs.

Last year, the President made the largest investment in basic research funding in history, an investment that could lead to the world’s cheapest solar cells or treatment that kills cancer cells but leaves healthy ones untouched.

You can see the results of last year’s investment in clean energy Obama said. In North Carolina one company will create 1,200 jobs nationwide helping to make advanced batteries and in California one business will put 1,000 people to work making solar panels as a part of his investments.

Solar Energy Industries Association President and CEO Rhone Resch was naturally suppportive of the President’s efforts and said the solar industry is responding by providing jobs for the American people. The solar industry grew by almost 40 percent in 2009, creating 18,000 jobs across the country in areas hardest hit by the recession, Resch said.

President Obama said he is not willing to wait and put America’s future on hold before investing in a clean energy economy.

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