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The 2024 Clean Jobs America Report from E2, based on an analysis of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2024 Energy and Employment Report (USEER), shows Michigan continues to lead the race for clean energy jobs. According to the report, Michigan is home to 127,690 clean energy jobs, outpacing 44 states’ job numbers, with clean energy jobs continuing to grow nearly twice as fast as economy-wide employment. The 2024 EER report also highlighted Michigan’s position as a leader in overall energy sector job growth, behind only Texas and California. In addition to Michigan’s overall success, the city of Detroit was recognized as a top 10 city for clean energy jobs nationwide. https://lnkd.in/gQZenX8E

Texas could lose out on more jobs than any other state if Project 2025’s energy and climate provisions were fully realized. The state could see 124,000 fewer jobs by 2030 and 175,000 fewer jobs by 2035, according to Energy Innovation’s analysis. Plus, energy costs for the average Texas household could increase by more than $110 per year by 2030 and by more than $400 per year by 2035.

@E2 just released their 2024 clean energy workforce report, and no surprise, Georgia is out front. For my real estate friends, this is important as the rapidly growing clean energy workforce needs homes. Homes in new places, and more housing in existing places. Time for us to keep focused on housing development and to remove the disincentivizing barriers in our state that prevent more Georgians from accessing and benefiting from “Georgia grown” clean energy products. As the co-chair of Georgia Solar Energy Association, I was quoted for the report. “Georgia’s economic growth due to clean energy is a major win for the Peach State and the Southeast as a whole. Solar is an outstanding renewable energy source for states with an abundance of sunshine, like Georgia. We need to continue to foster collaborative efforts between renewable energy companies, state governments, communities and property owners, as we seek to lower our carbon footprint and to create new career opportunities.” #cleanenergy #georgiajobs #solar #energyefficiency #evs #electricvehicles #rivian #georgiahousing #atlantarealestate https://lnkd.in/eZ5zNDHS

California recently hit a significant milestone: 100 days this year with 100% carbon-free, renewable electricity for at least part of each day, as tracked by Stanford University engineering Professor Mark Z. Jacobson. This achievement, made possible by substantial public and private investments in renewable energy and battery storage, comes amid the hottest July on record—yet the state avoided blackouts and emergency power reductions. Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted that these investments have made California’s grid more reliable and resilient while increasingly running on clean energy. However, challenges remain. Fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, still constitute a significant portion of the state’s electricity. To meet its ambitious goal of 100% clean energy by 2045, California must continue expanding its renewable capacity, adding around 6,000 to 8,000 megawatts of new energy resources each year. With the infrastructure and vision in place, California offers a glimpse of what a sustainable energy future could look like for one of the world’s largest economies. #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #SolarPower #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #CaliforniaEnergy #BatteryStorage #GreenTechnology #ResilientGrid https://lnkd.in/gGUzf_dn

Governor Kathy Hochul has just announced a record-breaking surge in clean energy jobs! With 7,700 new jobs added in 2023, New York's clean energy sector now employs 178,000 workers. This incredible growth is more than double the statewide job growth rate! Solar remains the largest source of employment within renewable electric power generation, adding the most jobs in 2023 compared to other sub-technologies, with 1,200 new workers. Solar employment grew by 8% in 2023, one of the fastest growth rates in the renewable generation sub-sectors. I'm thrilled to see NYSEIA's members contributing to this milestone. New York Solar Energy Industries Association remains committed to advocating for policies that help New York achieve its nation-leading renewable energy goals, and support sustainable job growth and American energy independence. https://lnkd.in/enfVn-3P

September 30, 2024 - By Rob Jordan -Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, "To help speed decarbonization, state regulators should plan around a unified #energysector, according to a new Stanford-led report. Without coordinated action, the #energytransition could become slower, more expensive, and more inequitable, the authors warn. ------ As competition between gas and #electricutilities heats up due to clean energy-promoting policies that emphasize replacing gas with electricity, state regulators need to overhaul their approach to regulation, scholars at Stanford and the University of Notre Dame argue. A new white paper (https://lnkd.in/dyj4Enzy) led by the Climate and Energy Policy Program at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment lays out a case for unifying electric and gas utilities and instituting coordinated planning to make the transition to zero-carbon buildings more efficient and cost-effective. "Utility regulators are facing a uniquely difficult combination of climate, safety, and equity concerns as they contemplate how to #decarbonize gas networks,” said paper coauthor Joshua Lappen, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame and fellow at the Future of Heat Institute. “By recognizing the competition taking place between gas and electricity, regulators can find new opportunities to proactively manage the building-energy transition." The white paper, The Unseen Competition in the Energy Transition: Acknowledging and Addressing Inter-Utility Competition to Achieve Managed Decarbonization, calls for state #publicutilitycommissions (#PUCs) to formally plan around a unified energy sector. The report warns that continued competition between gas and electric utilities could delay #decarbonization, saddle #ratepayers with higher costs, lock in unnecessary investments in fossil fuel infrastructure, and disproportionately burden low-income energy users. Competition or unification While #electricandgasutilities have traditionally operated in distinct markets, #climatepolicies are increasingly pushing these sectors into competition, particularly in building heating and cooking, which have been dominated by #gasutilities for decades in many areas. As technologies like electric #heatpumps and induction stoves become more efficient and widespread, gas utilities have launched aggressive campaigns to protect their market share. The federal Inflation Reduction Act has further intensified this competition by offering subsidies for electric appliances, fueling what the authors describe as a "patchwork of duplicative energy monopolies." "In many parts of the U.S., gas and #electricutilities are now providing nearly identical services, but customers are paying for the maintenance of two separate distribution systems," the authors write. This, they argue, creates economic inefficiencies that could be avoided..." #climateaction Continue reading

The clean energy transition is gaining speed. A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) highlighted major growth in America’s energy workforce. Clean energy jobs grew 3.9% adding 114,000 jobs nationally. #CleanEnergy

The cost/benefit comparison of a new battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) vs. a new gas peaker plant involves a substantial number of technical variables, but if social cost is not considered, "then the calculus is badly skewed," writes Charles W. Thurston today on Solar Builder Magazine “If you consider the social and environmental costs and the human health impact costs of air emissions from gas peakers, then at least in this analysis for New England, and for Maine in particular, the batteries come out looking cheaper,” reckons Todd Olinsky-Paul, Senior Project Director of the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) and contributing editor of Battery Storage for Fossil-Fueled Peaker Power Plant Replacement: A Maine Case Study. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gfTcczr2 #batterystorage #ESS #energystoragesystems #gridservices

Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas extends its congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump and welcomes the opportunity to work with the incoming administration. The RNG industry has a pivotal role to play in growing America’s energy dominance. We are poised to advance the production of critical organic waste-to-energy resources that buttress U.S. energy security and reliability. The growth of our industry will also result in significant investments in urban, suburban, exurban and rural communities — and create high-paying jobs for Americans across the country. The next several years will be critical to our sector and ultimately the role of renewable gas in the U.S. energy mix. We see demand from existing and new end-use markets that will help drive RNG supply growth over the coming years. RNG will continue to be used as a transportation fuel, but will also be used for heating, electricity generation, or as a feedstock to produce other forms of clean energy. We look forward to engaging the Trump-Vance administration and bipartisan members of Congress to advance the sustainable development, deployment, and utilization of renewable gas to the benefit of current and future generations of Americans. #RNG #RenewableNaturalGas #RenewableGas #CleanEnergyFuture #Leadership #Education #Advocacy #Development #Sustainability

One of the very positive angles to consider with clean energy is that it will bring economic development to rural areas.