According to Environmental Entrepreneurs’ “2012 Clean Energy Jobs Year-in-Review and Fourth Quarter Report,” Connecticut ranked 5th nationally for green job creation in 2012, based on green projects completed, in progress, or announced in 2012. The report states that nationally, over 300 clean energy and clean transportation projects announced last year are expected to create 110,000 jobs. Connecticut was the only New England state in the top 10, and overall, trailed only California, North Carolina, Florida, and Illinois.
According to the Hartford Business Journal’s coverage of the report, Connecticut had four projects in 2012 expected to generate close to 5,000 jobs. These projects include the North Haven headquarters of Sustainable Building Solutions, the opening of Renewable Resources in Stamford, the New Britain-to-Hartford busway, and the Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass plant.
http://www.e2.org/ext/doc/E2CleanEnergy2012YearEndandQ4.pdf
