Saturday, February 11, 2012

Study: Clean energy jobs power ahead in Texas - Houston Business Journal:

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“Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Businesses and InvestmentsAcross America” is the most detailex study ever conducted on the sector. Over the 10 the number of cleam energy jobs in Texas grewby 15.5 perceng while, overall, jobs in the stat e grew by 6.7 percent. “Texas is a leader in America’es clean energy economy,” said Kil Huh, the lead researcherf on the study. “It ranks among the top five statesz for number of jobs in its cleanenergy sector, and is the sixth-largesr producer of wind energy worldwide.” Texas was one of 38 statesx where clean energy job growth outpaced job growth. The District of Columbiaw saw asimilar pattern.
Nationally, clean energy jobs grew by 9.1 compared to a 3.7 percent growth rate in the jobsmarketr overall. Pew says its study representsw a hard count ofactualo jobs. In 2007 in Texas that amountedto 55,00p clean energy jobs.

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