Report: Colorado clean energy industry job growth to hit 10.3% this year

This story has been updated with comments from Blake Jones.

Colorado’s clean energy sector could produce double-digit increases in new job creation, according to a new report outlining the industry’s position in the state.

The industry hiring grew by 4.8 percent in 2018, twice as much as the job growth recorded in every other industry across the state, according to the 2019 Clean Jobs Colorado report produced by Environmental Entrepreneurs, an advocacy group for green energy companies. Clean power businesses surveyed by the report’s authors expect hiring in the industry to accelerate through…