Source: Chantal Allam, WRAL TECHWIRE, 8/20/20

 Entering 2020, North Carolina’s clean energy workforce had grown to nearly 113,000 workers – or nearly 2.5 percent of overall state employment. Then COVID-19 struck, and its workforce got slashed. According to figures released today by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA), 21,200 clean tech energy workers still remain unemployed — nearly 19 percent of the state’s clean energy workforce.

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