By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona was one of the leaders in clean energy job growth last year, ranking No. 6 on a new report that looked at energy and transportation projects.
The report released by the Washington-based Environmental Entrepreneurs group, found that Arizona announced 4,082 renewable and clean energy jobs in 2012 from 14 projects in the state.
Most of those jobs were from projects already in operation or in progress, with only 1,512 jobs from newly announced projects.
The list features numerous states, such as California, Texas and Oregon, that are backing renewable energy either with statewide or local policies aimed at propagating the various industries such as solar or wind technologies.
That encouragement, which includes renewable energy standards such as the one Arizona has, are key to continued job expansion.
