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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Maine

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PRESS RELEASE: Maine Clean Energy Economy Jobs Grew Nearly Seven Times Faster than Overall Jobs – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Maine has a small but fast-growing piece of America's clean energy economy. While the state did not attract clean technology venture capital investments in the last three years, its job growth in the clean energy economy outpaced its total job growth between 1998 and 2007. In 2007, more than 40 percent of the state's jobs in the clean energy economy were in the Energy Efficiency sector. The state's renewable portfolio standard required that 30 percent of its power come from renewable sources by 2000. In June 2006, the state adopted an additional goal to increase new renewable energy capacity by 10 percent by 2017.

 

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