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The Clean Energy Economy



The Clean Energy Economy: Wisconsin

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

Wisconsin has a small piece of America's clean energy economy. Although the state lost jobs in its clean energy economy between 1998 and 2007 while total jobs increased during the same period, it attracted more than $46 million in clean technology venture capital investments in the past three years. More than half of those funds have been invested in the Clean Energy sector. In 2008, Wisconsin launched a $150 million grant program for renewable energy projects. The program, which is intended for research and development or commercialization of new clean energy technologies, requires matching funds of at least 50 percent of total project costs; it awarded $7.5 million in grants and loans in its first year.

 

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