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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Illinois

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PRESS RELEASE: Illinois Clean Energy Economy Has Driven Jobs, But Needs Policy Boost – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Illinois has one of the nation’s largest clean energy economies, with more than 28,000 jobs in 2007. The state lost jobs in the clean energy economic sector and in total jobs between 1998 and 2007. But Illinois ranks eighth nationally in clean technology patents, and the state attracted nearly $109 million in clean technology venture capital in the past three years, much of it in the Clean Energy category. Illinois’ renewable energy and energy efficiency standards position the state for growth in the clean energy economy.

 

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