Energy Jobs: Losses in a Sector Leads to Increases in other Sectors

Job growth in wind and solar energy has offset losses in the downturn in coal. A Dallas, TX company, Tri-Global Energy, a provider of wind energy in Texas, is front and center as it expands its wind and solar job growth.

Texas rules wind energy. California rules solar energy. The coal slump is felt most intensely in Appalachia. 

Fearing the end of tax breaks, renewable energy is expanding rapidly. 18.5 gigawatts of renewable energy is anticipated by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  

McClatchy Washington Bureau