Cleaning up in clean-tech industries

During a time when job growth is more of a campaign promise than an on-the-ground reality, Colorado has managed, since 2007, to create more than 5,000 jobs for renewable energy and energy efficiency businesses, otherwise known as the clean-tech sector.

The federal stimulus package, with its emphasis on green jobs, is helping to infuse funds and support for the growth. But according to the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association, an industry support group, the clean-tech boom is being powered by the state’s mix of innovators, research and entrepreneurs.

The CCIA released a state cleantech action plan in mid-October to provide an industry…