By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona and the Phoenix area have taken some strides in cleantech growth — mostly on the shoulders of the solar power industry — but both the state and region have a lot of people in front of them.
A report out this week from Clean Edge Inc. ranking the states and the largest U.S. metro areas in terms of how they are evolving as clean technology epicenters has Arizona solidly in the top 20 but Phoenix clinging to that spot.
The report makes its rankings based on several factors, including technology such as installed solar and the number of electric vehicles on the road, its policies promoting clean technology, and the amount of money invested in technologies and the patents coming out of that investment.
