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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Michigan

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PRESS RELEASE: Michigan Clean Energy Economy Jobs Grew as Overall Jobs Declined – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Michigan has a large and growing piece of America's clean energy economy. By the end of 2009, Michigan will have lost more than a half million jobs, according to the state's projections, and more than one in 10 workers is currently unemployed.1 But increases in jobs in the clean energy economy have helped buttress Michigan's overall job losses. The state is one of only seven states and the District of Columbia where total jobs fell but jobs in the clean energy economy increased between 1998 and 2007. The renewable portfolio standard enacted by Michigan lawmakers last fall will encourage more growth in the Clean Energy jobs category in particular. Additionally, the state ranks third in clean technology patents over the past 10 years and attracted $55 million in clean tech venture capital in the past three years.

 

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