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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Minnesota

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PRESS RELEASE: Minnesota Clean Energy Economy Jobs Grew 6 Times Faster than Overall Jobs – Pew Charitable Trusts, June 10, 2009

Minnesota has a large and growing piece of America's clean energy economy. Growth of jobs in the clean energy economic sector significantly outpaced that of total jobs between 1998 and 2007. Much of this growth has been in the categories of Clean Energy and Environmentally Friendly Production. The state attracted nearly $50 million in clean technology venture capital in the past three years, of which more than a third has been invested in the Energy Efficiency category. Minnesota ranks fourth among states in wind energy production, driven in part by a renewable portfolio standard that requires the largest energy provider in the state to generate 25 percent of its energy from wind power by 2020.

 

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