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Clean Energy Jobs Grew at Twice the Rate of US Jobs Overall Last Year
The country added 142,00 jobs in EV and battery manufacturing, renewables and related sectors, amounting to more than half of new employment in the energy industry.
The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America EV and battery manufacturing plant under construction in Ellabell, Georgia, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Clean energy jobs grew last year at more than double the pace of jobs in the rest of the energy industry and in the US economy overall, buoyed by Biden administration policies to fight climate change.
Employment in clean energy rose 142,000 from 2022, or 4.2%, compared to economy-wide job growth of 2%. Those jobs account for more than half of new jobs in the US energy industry, the Department of Energy said in a report Wednesday.