Highlights from the 2007 Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Census
• Jobs: Massachusetts’ clean energy cluster supports
14,400 jobs and is poised to be 10th largest cluster in
the state.
• Growth Rate: Surveyed executives expect 30% job
growth in renewable energy firms and 25% for energy
efficiency firms over the next year. Weighting by
existing employment, growth is still predicted to be
20%. This would be more than 3 times greater than the
next fastest growing cluster in the state grew over the
past year.
• Fastest Growing Sector: Renewable energy
companies are the youngest and fastest growing firms.
• Largest Job Sector: Energy efficiency and demand
response firms supply almost 6,300 jobs, or 44% of the
total 14,400 jobs.
• Company Size: Massachusetts is an incubator for
clean energy firms, with 68% of the firms operating
below $10 million in annual revenues, and 41% below
$1 million.
• State Competitor: Surveyed companies rate
California as the most supportive region for building a
clean energy cluster.
• Survey Size: 302 entities (companies, government
agencies, and university research centers) responded to
the census survey.
• Jobs Database Size: 556 entities, including the 302
that responded to the survey, were included in the jobs
estimate.
MA Clean Energy Industry Census