Top 10 States for Clean Energy Job Announcements in Q2 2013: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, Texas

WASHINGTON (August 28, 2013) - Companies and communities across the United

States announced at least 58 clean energy and clean transportation projects
in the second quarter of 2013 that could create as many as 38,600 jobs,
according to a report released today by the nonprofit business group
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).

Just in time for Labor Day, the growth in solar, wind, biofuel, energy
efficiency and smart transportation jobs are detailed on a new Web site that
is the most comprehensive compilation of clean energy jobs information of
its kind: Clean Energy Works for US (www.cleanenergyworksforus.org).

Cleanenergyworksforus.org includes more than 500 clean energy and clean
transportation job announcements taken from company announcements, media
reports and other sources that E2 has tracked since September 2011. The site
also includes more than 50 stories, 20 videos and state-specific statistics
that put a face on clean energy job growth in America.

"With Labor Day upon us and the country focused on jobs and the economy,
clean energy and clean transportation projects continue to create jobs and
drive economic growth from one end of the country to the other," said E2
Executive Director Judith Albert.

The Q2 2013 clean jobs total number is slightly higher than the 37,400 jobs
that E2 tracked in the comparable quarter in 2012. For the first time, both
Hawaii and Alaska ranked in the top 10 states to announce clean energy
projects in the second quarter of 2013.

Two newcomers were among the top five states for clean energy jobs
announcements in the second quarter. Hawaii ranked second in total clean
energy and clean transportation jobs announced, while Maryland came in third
place with the announcement of a $2.6 billion, 20-station, and 14-mile
expansion to the Baltimore light-rail system's Red Line. The project will
reduce carbon pollution as well as traffic, and will require more than 4,200
construction workers to lay new tracks and build new stations by 2021.

In another first for a quarterly E2 report, Kansas and Missouri each made
the Top 10 list of states to announce clean energy projects. Leading the
way, Clean Line Energy Partners LLC announced the "Grain Belt Express Clean
Line" transmission line upgrade project that will transmit more than 3,500
megawatts of wind energy from Kansas and Missouri to other states. The $2
billion project is scheduled for completion by 2018 and is expected to
create 5,500 jobs to plan, construct and manage the new line.

California again ranked No.1 in total job announcements. The state led the
way with 12 clean energy and clean transportation projects that could
cumulatively create more than 9,000 jobs.

The full Q2 clean energy jobs report is available at
www.cleanenergyworksforus.org.

"Clean energy jobs are alive, well and growing," Albert said. "Smart
policies like renewable energy standards at the state level, coupled with
federal policies like President Obama's climate change initiative, promise
to keep that growth going."

Other highlights from E2's latest report:

* Solar generation projects accounted for more than 10,400 jobs announced in
Q2. Solar jobs grew nationwide, from California to North Carolina.

* Clean energy and clean transportation jobs were announced in both
Republican and Democratic congressional districts across the country in the
second quarter.

* In Hawaii, a project to improve energy efficiency at government buildings
will reduce the state's energy expenses while creating an estimated 5,000
jobs. In Alaska, a weatherization project sponsored by the Alaska Housing
Finance Corp. is projected to create more than 600 jobs.

* In Indiana's 6th congressional district, represented by Luke Messer (R),
nearly 300 jobs could be created in Muncie by DD Dannar LLC, which is
building a new type of hybrid-powered heavy-duty vehicle.

* In Nevada's 3rd congressional district, represented by Joseph Heck (R), a
new battery plant opened by the company K2 is expected to add 200 jobs in
Henderson; while a new 350- MW solar-photovoltaic generation plant capable
of powering 105,000 homes will create as many as 370 construction, operation
and maintenance jobs.

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