15,000 Clean Energy, Clean Transportation Jobs In Third Quarter 2013

Companies and communities across the United States announced more than 80 clean energy and clean transportation projects in the third quarter of this year that together could create more than 15,000 jobs, according to a report released today by the nonpartisan business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).

The report includes announcements from 30 states in industries ranging from solar power generation to recycling to clean-energy related manufacturing and biofuels. The top sectors were renewable power generation, with 6,700 jobs announced, and manufacturing, with 3,300 jobs announced.

The report shows strength in industries that benefit from strong state-level renewable energy policies. However, the scheduled sunset of an important federal policy in the wind industry is slowing job growth in that sector.

The complete report is available at: www.cleanenergyworksforus.org.

“Clean energy continues to put Americans to work,” said Judith Albert, E2’s executive director.

California and Nevada led the country for clean energy and clean transportation job announcements, and several Southeastern states – including South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida – were among the Top 10 states for job announcements tracked by E2.

“Clean energy and clean transportation jobs aren’t limited by geography or politics,” Albert said. “Our quarterly reports and our www.cleanenergyworksforus.org Web site make that obvious.”

According the report, of the top 5 states for job announcements in the third quarter, only Texas does not currently have a statewide renewables procurement standard on the books. The top 5 states were: California (2,467 jobs announced), Nevada (2,081), New York (1,807), Michigan (1,100) and Texas (774).

E2 has tracked clean energy and clean transportation jobs since November 2011. The 15,000-plus jobs E2 tracked this quarter are considerably more than the corresponding quarter in 2012, when 10,800 jobs were announced.

Some of this difference may be attributed to E2 tracking recycling announcements for the first time. More than 1,300 jobs were announced in the recycling sector, many in Southern states that had not previously posted large quarterly job announcement numbers.

 

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