August 20, 2012 - The state added 7,213 jobs in the clean energy sector over the past 12 months, an increase of 11.2 percent from 2011, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
MassCEC, the country's first state entity created with clean energy development as its top goal, said the new growth brings the Commonwealth's total number of clean energy employees to 71,523, representing 1.7 percent of the total workforce in Massachusetts.
"The clean energy sector is emerging as a powerful economic industry in Massachusetts that will continue to generate thousands of jobs in the coming decades, and secure Massachusetts as a national and global leader in clean energy," wrote Richard K. Sullivan, Chairman of the Board at MassCEC, in an introductory letter to the report.
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