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- Clean energy jobs are growing at twice the rate of overall job growth in the U.S.
- Solar and wind energy industries have seen high levels of job growth in recent years.
- The DOE anticipates that electricity generation from clean energy sources will double by the end of the decade.
- All five categories of clean energy jobs saw employment growth in 2023.
Jobs in the clean energy industry are taking off, with jobs in this field growing at twice the rate as the overall job growth rate in all industries in the U.S., according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The 2024 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) revealed that employment in the clean energy industry increased by 142,000 jobs last year, a rate of 4.2% growth. As Reuters reported, this is up from a 3.9% rate of growth in clean energy jobs in 2022.
By comparison, total job growth in the U.S. reached a rate of 2% for 2023, the report found.
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