Hawaii's clean-energy jobs outpace total growth - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The report, called “The Cleann Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and lists the numberof clean-energy jobs, companies and investmentsa in each state and Washington, D.C. It defines them as companies andinvestments “aimeed at developing clean, renewabled sources of energy, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhousse gas emissions that cause global warming and conserving watere and other natural resources.” Clean-energy workers includd engineers, plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, and marketinv consultants. From 1998 to 2007, the number of clean-energt jobs in Hawaii grew 43.6 percent while the tota l number of jobsincreased 7.
3 The number of clean-energy businesses in Hawai i grew from 288 in 1998 to 356 in 2007. The numbeer of clean-energy jobs grew from 1,903 to 2,7332 during that same time period. Hawaii was among 38 statess where clean-energy job growth outpaced overalljob growth. Nationally, clean-energy jobs grew by 9.1 percenty during that time frame, compared to 3.7 percent growth in the totalkjob market.