Summary:
Clean jobs in Virginia grew by nearly 4.5 percent in 2021, more than tripling the employment growth rate of the commonwealth economy-wide. That growth also reflects the clean energy economy’s strong recovery from the COVID-19 economic downturn and sets Virginia up for even more clean energy job growth in the years to come—especially with key state climate and clean energy policies remaining in place and unprecedented levels of federal clean energy investments becoming available for deployment.
Other Key Findings
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VIRGINIA WAS HOME TO 2.9 PERCENT OF THE NATION’S TOTAL CLEAN ENERGY JOBS, 11TH AMONG ALL 50 STATES
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VIRGINIA’S CLEAN ENERGY JOBS GREW MORE THAN 3.5 TIMES FASTER YEAR-OVER-YEAR THAN OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH: 4.5 PERCENT COMPARED TO JUST 1.3 PERCENT
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ALMOST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MORE THAN 14,000 CLEAN ENERGY JOBS LOST IN VIRGINIA DURING THE COVID-19 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HAD BEEN REGAINED BY THE END OF 2021
