Midwest clean energy economy poised for explosive growth as Inflation Reduction Act investments kick in Chicago, IL – Clean energy businesses in the Midwest added more than 25,000 workers in 2022, now employing 734,753 Midwesterners. That’s according to a new analysis of employment data released today by the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and […]
“Especially in New York City, buildings, particularly existing buildings, are one of our big challenges,” Uchenna Bright says. “Decarbonization and energy efficiency are still very much a huge market within the city, and there’s still a lot more work to be done there.”
The number of clean energy jobs in Indiana grew about 3.7% from 85,298 in 2021 to more than 88,400 in 2022. Fossil fuel-related work, meanwhile, accounted for just 14,837 jobs. “Clean energy is indispensable to economic growth today. And the best news is every community is benefitting,” said Michael Timberlake, E2 Communications Director. “Workers exist […]
“Because of policy,” Uchenna Bright, the northeast advocate with E2, tells Crain’s in an interview,” I think, our city and state is up there leading with not just the technology, but the workers to get it done.”
Massachusetts is in the top 10 for the most clean-energy jobs in the country per a new ranking from Environmental Entrepreneurs, better known in the industry as E2. The group finds there are close to 120,000 workers getting clean and green paychecks right here in the Bay state. That is good for 7th best in […]
The clean-energy economy added more than 3 million jobs across the nation last year with New Jersey among five states that recorded job growth in the sector of more than 6%, according to a new report.
Businesses announced plans for at least 18 new large-scale clean energy projects in 11 states and Puerto Rico in August, according to national nonpartisan business group E2’s monthly analysis of new clean energy and clean transportation projects. Based on publicly available information from 17 of the 18 announcements that included jobs and/or investment estimates, the projects […]
The annual Clean Jobs America report by Environmental Entrepreneurs – or E2 – said the bulk of the 61,583 clean-energy jobs in the Arizona were in energy-efficiency fields, like efficient lighting, heating and insulation. But Arizona also had almost 12,000 jobs in renewable energy industries and more than 4,000 in clean vehicles. E2’s Communications Director […]
Massachusetts had the seventh most clean energy jobs among states in 2022, according to a report released Thursday by a national business group. There were 118,165 clean energy jobs in Massachusetts last year, an increase of about 5,000 jobs over 2021 and of about 10,000 jobs since 2020, the report from E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) said. Most […]
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS SURPASS 3.3 MILLION; IMPACT OF NEW CLIMATE POLICIES JUST BEGINNING.
Clean energy and clean vehicle jobs in America grew 4 percent in 2022, bringing the total number of workers in renewable generation, energy efficiency, clean vehicles, battery and storage, grid modernization, and biofuels to more than 3.3 million. Clean energy now employs over 40 percent of all energy workers in America.
The increase in 2022 marked the full workforce recovery for multiple sectors following the earlier impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Renewable energy, biofuels, and storage and grid modernization sectors officially surpassed their sectors’ pre-pandemic job numbers in 2022 while clean vehicles—which continued to add jobs during the pandemic—kept up its industry-leading growth pace.
Approximately 127,000 jobs were added across all sectors—accounting for more than 3 percent of all U.S. jobs added in 2022. Over the past two years clean energy jobs have grown by more than 10 percent, faster than the overall energy industry and overall U.S. employment.
It’s a trend that’s expected to continue as the clean energy sector begins to feel the full impact from historic investments passed in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Clean energy and clean vehicle companies announced 210 major projects across 38 states in the year after the IRA was signed into law on August 16, 2022.2 The numbers in this report do not reflect the estimated 74,000 jobs to be created by the projects announced.
| Total Clean Energy | 3,315,199 |
| Renewable Energy | 534,603 |
| Grid & Storage | 151,412 |
| Energy Efficiency | 2,215,432 |
| Clean Fuels | 40,148 |
| Clean Vehicles | 373,604 |
This is the eighth annual Clean Jobs America report produced by E2 based on analysis of the USEER, which was first released by the DOE in 2016. E2 was an original proponent of the DOE producing the USEER, and was a partner on the reports produced by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) after the Trump administration abandoned it in 2017.
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Clean Jobs America 2023 is the 8th national clean energy jobs report from E2. Previous reports can be accessed in the below links.
$2.2B in new investments, including $1.2B in EV manufacturing WASHINGTON — Businesses announced plans for at least 18 new large-scale clean energy projects in 11 states and Puerto Rico in August, according to national nonpartisan business group E2’s monthly analysis of new clean energy and clean transportation projects. Based on publicly available information from 17 […]