In Celebration of National Clean Energy Week, CEBN and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy Launch Interactive Suite of Infographics

September 30, 2020

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(Clean Energy Business Network) Clean energy industries represented the growth sectors of the U.S. energy economy over the past decade, providing good-paying jobs while supporting a cleaner, healthier future for communities across the nation. In celebration of National Clean Energy Week, CEBN and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy are pleased to launch this interactive suite of infographics documenting the clean energy economies across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These infographics give a snapshot of clean energy deployment, jobs, CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, and local impacts of federal investments in energy R&D. Click on each state below to access an infographic.

The map below depicts state CO2 emissions rates for the electricity sector. Click on a state to access the full infographic.

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On a nationwide scale, the 2020 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, documents the macro-level trends in the transformation of the U.S. energy economy.

- 1. In 2010, nearly half of U.S. electricity came from coal. Today, that’s down to roughly 25%, replaced by zero/low-carbon technologies such as renewables and natural gas.
  2. Over 3.2 million Americans worked in clean energy before the COVID-19 epidemic, and wind and solar were the fastest-growing occupations in America.
  3. In the past decade in the U.S., renewable energy generation grew 77%, natural gas generation grew 60%, and energy productivity grew 18% (GDP / energy consumption).
  4. None of these changes came at greater cost – in fact, total monthly household expenditures on energy decreased 1/3 since 2010. READ MORE