According to the study the geothermal power generation industry employed 7,927 in 2017, up from 5,768 in 2016.
Produced by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) in partnership with the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), the U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) provides a quantitative lens with which to evaluate the employment impact of new energy technologies, shifting fuels deployment, and evolving transmission and distribution systems.The 2018 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) finds that the Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors today employ approximately 6.5 million Americans. These sectors increased in 2017 by about 2 percent, adding 133,000 net new jobs, roughly 7% of all those created in the country.
The USEER analyzes four sectors of the U.S. economy including Electric Power Generation and Fuels Production.
According to the study the geothermal power generation industry employed 7,927 in 2017, up from 5,768 in 2016 and 7,645 in 2015.
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