NEW ENERGY ADDED 110,000 JOBS IN 2012

Report: More Than 110,000 Clean Energy, Clean Transportation Jobs Announced In 2012; CA, NC, FL, Ill., Conn., AZ, NY, Mich., Texas and Ore. lead country in 2012; But Job Growth Being Threatened in Statehouses Nationwide

March 6, 2013 (Environmental Entrepreneurs)

“Companies and communities across the country announced more than 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects in 2012 that are expected to create 110,000 jobs… The [Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)] report comes just weeks after President Obama announced goals to double our renewable energy and our energy efficiency – steps that will help our environment as well as our economy…[and] as groups and lobbyists backed by the fossil fuel industry are currently trying to derail clean energy policies, including state Renewable Portfolio Standards, in states across the country…

“In 2012, clean energy projects created jobs in every corner of the country and across both Republican and Democratic communities. California, North Carolina and Florida led the nation. Illinois, Connecticut, Arizona, New York, Michigan, Texas and Oregon rounded out the Top 10…[T]he Southeast led the country in manufacturing-related clean energy job announcements, with more than 13,700…about 80 percent of the nation’s total. Solar, advanced vehicles and wind energy were the leading clean energy manufacturing industries in the Southeast.”

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“Nationwide, clean transportation projects led the job growth last year, followed by clean power generation, manufacturing and energy efficiency projects…In the fourth quarter of last year, nearly 16,000 clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced, up from 10,800 in the third quarter, thanks in large part to a 7,000-job light rail announcement in Charlotte, N.C.

“…[S]everal sectors saw sharp declines in the fourth quarter, due in large part to regulatory uncertainty in Congress and during the 2012 election…Most notably, the number of power generation jobs announced fell to about 3,600 in the fourth quarter from about 6,000 in the third quarter. In the wind industry alone, job announcements fell by more than 60 percent in the quarter in part because of delays by Congress to extend the critical wind industry Production Tax Credit…”

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