Clean Energy Jobs Grew Fast in Georgia

A new report says clean energy jobs in Georgia
grew at a rate faster than the national average from 1998 to 2007.
    Jobs that increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gases,
waste and pollution, and conserve water and other resources
increased 10.8 percent compared with 9.1 percent nationwide, The
Pew Charitable Trusts said Wednesday.
    In 2007, that amounted to 16,200 jobs, surpassing the national
average of 15,106.
    Study director Kil Huh says Georgia is a leader in clean
technology patents and attracted nearly $180 million in venture
capital in just three years. Huh noted that a coal-fired power
plant near Albany is being converted “into one of the largest
biomass plants in the country.“