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US clean energy jobs grew by 3.9% in 2022

The US Department of Energy 's (DOE) 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) - a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector - shows clean energy jobs increased in every state in 2022.

Clean energy jobs grew by 3.9%, adding 114,000 jobs nationally, increasing to over 40% of total energy jobs.

Clean energy technologies, such as solar and wind, accounted for more than 84% of net new electric power generation jobs, adding over 21,000 jobs (+3.6% growth), and jobs related to zero emissions vehicles saw nearly 21% growth, adding over 38,000 jobs.

US companies working with clean energy fuels, which it defined as corn ethanol, woody biomass/cellulosic biofuels and other biofuels, saw a job increase of 1.7% (1,962 new jobs).

Compared to 2021, the corn ethanol industry employed 35,152 workers in 2022, an increase of 1.6% (561 workers).

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