- The US clean energy industry ended last year with the lowest number of workers since 2015 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Since March 2020, the renewable energy sector has lost 67,577 jobs, a 12% decline despite adding new jobs from June to December, mainly due to considerable losses in March and April.
- The job losses in the sector had come at a time when annual energy consumption from renewable sources in the US in 2019 exceeded coal consumption for the first time since 1885.
US Clean Energy Industry Lost 429,300 Jobs Since February 2020 Due to COVID-19
