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REPORT: Clean energy grew 5X faster than rest of Georgia economy, added 3K jobs in 2024

Clean energy jobs grew more than five times faster in Georgia than the rest of the state's economy in 2024, raising the total number of clean energy workers in the state to over 85,500.

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Clean Jobs Georgia 2025

Georgia’s clean energy workforce added 3,292 new workers in 2024, growing 4 percent and adding jobs at a rate more than 5 times faster than the state’s overall employment. Georgia ranked 15th in the U.S. for largest clean energy workforce in 2024, with 85,5...

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Clean energy grew 6X faster than rest of North Carolina economy, added 3K jobs in 2024

Clean energy jobs grew more than six times faster in North Carolina than the rest of the state's economy in 2024, raising the total number of clean energy workers in the state to more than 113,000, according to the seventh annual Clean Jobs North Carolina r...

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Clean Jobs North Carolina 2025

North Carolina’s clean energy workforce added 3,254 new workers in 2024, growing three percent and adding jobs at a rate more than six times faster than the state’s overall employment, which grew at less than a half percent. Download the 2025 Factsheet.

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E2: North Carolina’s SB 266 A Step Back for State’s Clean Energy Economy, Raw Deal for Ratepayers

Today, the North Carolina General Assembly overrode a Governor Stein veto and passed Senate Bill 266 (“The Power Bill Reduction Act”) into law. SB 266 erases NC’s interim carbon reduction goal for the power sector (70% reduction by 2030, compared to 2005...

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REPORT: Recent Projects in Georgia Push Clean Energy Jobs Over 82,000 As Sector Adds Jobs 4X Faster than GA Economy

Georgia ranks #1 for new large-scale clean energy projects announced since historic federal clean energy incentives in August 2022 Georgia ranks 15th in total clean energy jobs Clean energy employs 9X more workers than fossil fuels in Ge...

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Clean Jobs Georgia 2024

Clean energy and clean vehicle companies in Georgia added nearly 4,000 jobs last year, bringing the total number of clean energy workers in the state to more than 82,000 according to the second annual Clean Jobs Georgia analysis released today by the nation...

Government Technology

Despite Bumps, Georgia Has Become a Growing EV Hub

NBC News

Led by the South, clean energy sector added more than 150,000 jobs last year

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia set out to be an EV hub. It now is, despite some speed bumps

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REPORT: North Carolina Home to 110K Clean Energy Jobs, #9 in U.S., as Industry Outpaces Overall Economy

North Carolina ranks 9th for clean energy jobs Clean energy added jobs more than 50 percent faster than overall NC economy Storage and grid modernization jobs grew 10 percent in 2023 1,100 new manufacturing jobs added Raleigh...

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Clean Jobs North Carolina 2024

Clean energy and clean vehicle companies added more than 4,400 jobs in North Carolina, bringing the total number of clean energy workers in the state to almost 110,000 according to the sixth annual Clean Jobs North Carolina analysis.

WFAE 90.7 Charlotte, N.C.

How NC is using millions in Inflation Reduction Act Funds for clean energy, infrastructure

Mississippi Today

Mississippi Republicans love at least one project Trump now calls a ‘green new scam’

Energy News Network

Advocates see missed opportunities as Virginia lags its neighbors in clean energy manufacturing

WSOC-TV

Carolinas lead the country in green energy investments, according to new book (WSOC-TV)

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North Carolina Clean Economy Works | An Economic Impact Analysis of Major Clean Energy, Vehicle Projects

Large-scale clean energy projects announced in North Carolina in just the first year of the IRA are projected to create or support 30,000 jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars in new wages, tax revenue, and economic growth, according to a new econom...

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$120,000 Awarded to Six Emerging Clean Energy, Climate Entrepreneurs

National nonpartisan business group E2 and sustainability-driven hotel brand 1 Hotels announced today the 2024 E2 1 Hotels Fellowship class at E2. This is the sixth year of the annual fellowship, which awards six young business leaders $20,000 each to execu...

Saporta Report

New analysis shows Georgia clean energy investments are paying off for workforce and economy

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Analysis: Georgia To Gain 39K Jobs from IRA-Induced Clean Energy Projects, $13B In Private-Sector Investments; Add $14B To GDP

Large-scale clean energy projects announced in Georgia in just the first year of the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are projected to create or support almost 39,000 jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars in new wages, tax revenue, and economic...

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Georgia Clean Economy Works | An Economic Impact Analysis of Major Clean Energy, Vehicle Projects

Large-scale clean energy projects announced in Georgia in just the first year of the IRA are projected to create or support almost 39,000 jobs and generate tens of billions of dollars in new wages, tax revenue, and economic growth, according to a new econom...

E&E Energywire

Siemens Energy to build transformers in US as clean power surges

WRAL-Raleigh

Strong EPA rules can deliver on North Carolina’s clean economy promise

Business Insider

Want to work in climate? Look to Georgia and the Carolinas