Nearly 500,000 people who worked in the renewable energy industry, lost their jobs in the U.S. since the pandemic has started. The recovery continues slower than originally anticipated.
The latest analysis of U.S. federal unemployment filings, prepared for E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), E4TheFuture and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) by BW Research Partnership, shows gruelling numbers. The workforce is still 477,862 jobs short as a slow recovery plagues the sector.
Despite normally growing two times faster than the overall economy since 2017, the clean energy sector has been particularly slow to rebound compared to the nation’s overall jobs recovery. Just one out of ...