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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Kentucky

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PRESS RELEASE: Kentucky’s Clean Energy Economy Jobs Grew Almost Three Times Faster than Overall Jobs – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Kentucky has a small but growing piece of America's clean energy economy. The state's jobs in its clean energy economic sector have grown much faster than its total jobs in the past decade. In 2007, a sizable share of Kentucky's jobs in the clean energy economy were in the Conservation and Pollution Mitigation and Clean Energy categories. Kentucky has had a difficult time attracting clean technology venture capital, a key ingredient in spurring new or expanding businesses. But the state is trying to rectify that with a variety of incentives for biofuels and renewable energy worth up to half the capital investment in projects that create alternative fuel

 

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