Abigail Ross Hopper is the President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, the national trade organization for the U.S. solar industry. The Solar Energy Industries Association is the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, which employs more than 242,000 Americans and represents all U.S. organizations that promote, manufacture, install and support the development of solar energy. Edit at 06:33: Since 2006, solar energy deployment has increased by more than 10,000%.