fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency

The document compiles job data from various government and industry sources to estimate employment in the U.S. clean energy economy. It highlights that as of 2011, there were 3.4 million green jobs in the U.S., and that the 'clean economy' employed 2.7 million people in 2010, surpassing the 2.4 million employed in the fossil fuel industry. The report details specific employment figures for sectors such as biofuels, hydropower, solar, and wind, while projecting significant future job growth in energy efficiency through 2050.

• In the fourth quarter of 2011, the United States had 3.4 million green jobs, which accounted for 2.6 percent of all jobs in the country.
• A 2010 study by the Brookings Institution and Battelle indicated that the 'clean economy' employed 2.7 million people, exceeding the 2.4 million people employed in the fossil fuel industry.
• Employment in the U.S. solar industry grew by 13.2 percent between November 2011 and November 2012, reaching 119,016 workers, which means the sector created 1 out of every 230 American jobs during that period.
• The energy efficiency sector is projected to create between 1.3 and 1.9 million jobs by 2050 according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, while the Alliance to Save Energy projects 1.3 million jobs by 2030.
• The ethanol industry supported 383,260 jobs in 2012, with over 87,000 being direct employment.

APA

Bagnied, O. (2013). fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency

Chicago

Bagnied, Omar. fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency. Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 2013. https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bagnied2013factsheetjobsinrenewableenergyandenergyefficiency, author = {Bagnied, Omar}, title = {{fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2013}, month = jun, url = {https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }