{"id":5978,"date":"2022-06-23T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=5978"},"modified":"2022-07-21T08:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:14:40","slug":"maryland-2021-clean-energy-industry-report-finds-strong-energy-efficiency-and-clean-energy-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2022\/06\/23\/maryland-2021-clean-energy-industry-report-finds-strong-energy-efficiency-and-clean-energy-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland 2021 Clean Energy Industry Report Finds Strong Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jahmai.sharp-moore@maryland.gov\">Jahmai Sharp-Moore<\/a>\u00a0| 443-694-3651<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baltimore, MD- The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the release of the Maryland Clean Energy Industry Report, prepared by BW Research and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) with financial support and guidance from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA). This report represents the first comprehensive assessment of Maryland\u2019s clean energy economy. Based on clean energy employment data collected from 2016 to 2020, it offers a baseline assessment of the state\u2019s clean energy workforce as well as insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on energy industry activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs Maryland continues to advance clean energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuel programs and policies, the opportunities for clean energy employment and the workforce continue to grow. ,\u201d says Dr. Mary Beth Tung, Ph. D., Esq., Director of MEA. \u201cThis report highlights the progress Maryland\u2019s clean energy workforce has experienced over the last seven years as well as the myriad of opportunities to come as we embrace the clean energy economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Key findings of the report include:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prior to the pandemic, Maryland experienced significant growth in the clean energy sector, which accounted for one in 10 new jobs in Maryland between 2016 and 2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Between the last quarters of 2019 and 2020, Maryland\u2019s clean energy sector declined by 7.8%, or 6,900 jobs, wiping out more than four years of progressive growth; yet, the state\u2019s clean energy market is rebounding as of the end of 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly half (45%) of clean energy jobs in Maryland are in three counties (Montgomery, Baltimore, and Prince George\u2019s) and nearly 10% are in Baltimore City.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many clean energy positions earn higher wages compared to statewide averages, particularly in the entry-level positions, where clean energy electricians, plumbers, iron and steel workers, and HVAC mechanics earn upwards of 60% more than the average entry-level worker in the same trade in Maryland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Energy efficiency and clean energy generation are the largest and second largest sources of clean energy jobs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With two offshore wind projects in the development pipeline (the MarWind and Skipjack wind farms, which are set to come online in 2030), Maryland\u2019s wind energy sector is likely to create jobs, exceeding any historical estimates, over the next several years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hybrid electric and electric vehicle sub-sectors grew by 21 and 16%, respectively, from 2016 to 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To view the full report, please visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naseo.org\/publications\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">naseo.org\/publications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The results of this report and any subsequent work will inform Maryland\u2019s energy planning into the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/Reports\/MEA%20Energy%20Plan%202022.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MEA&#8217;s 2022 Energy Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for a perspective of Maryland\u2019s energy goals and directives.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:\u00a0Jahmai Sharp-Moore\u00a0| 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD- The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the release of the Maryland Clean Energy Industry Report, prepared by BW Research and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) with financial support and guidance from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA). This report represents<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2022\/06\/23\/maryland-2021-clean-energy-industry-report-finds-strong-energy-efficiency-and-clean-energy-employment\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,10,4],"tags":[83,5,117,62,88,19,99],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-press-releases","tag-clean-energy","tag-energy","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-ev","tag-offshore-wind","tag-renewable","tag-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6005,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/6005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}