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Print Edition StoriesThe Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) today released its 2011 Clean Energy Industry Report, citing the growth of companies and employment in sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, alternative transportation and carbon management.
According to MassCEC, Massachusetts had 4,909 clean energy firms and 64,310 people working in clean energy jobs as of July. That amounts to 1.5 percent of the total state workforce.
The report says that the growth in the clean energy workforce was 6.7 percent between July 2010 and July 2011.
MassCEC defined a clean energy company, as referred to in the report, as “a company directly involved with researching, developing, producing, manufacturing, distributing or implementing components, goods or services related to renewable energy, energy efficiency or conservation, smart grid, energy storage, carbon management, and/or electric or hybrid vehicles.”
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