By Erin Weeks
704-789-9131
From rooftop solar panels to repurposing methane gas, clean energy continues to sweep across the state, and its impact on the economy has begun to show.
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By the numbers
According to an economic impact report on clean energy in North Carolina by RTI International:
- Local governments earned $1.64 back for every $1 of state energy incentives.
- Between 2007 and 2015, North Carolina generated $12 billion from $6.3 billion in clean energy investments.
- State incentives for clean energy projects between 2007 and 2015 totaled about $322.1 million.
- Development from clean energy incentives statewide has led to an estimated $529 million in fiscal impacts for the state as well as local governments.
- Renewable energy project investments across the state more than doubled between 2014 and 2015, numbering $1.97 billion in 2015 and just $948 million in 2014.
- Between 2007 and 2015, clean energy development supported about 82,400 annual full-time equivalents, which is the same as one person working full time for a year.
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