A recently released study suggests that 274,000 additional jobs can be added to the U.S. economy if the country sets a goal of having 25 percent of its electricity generated from renewable energy sources such as biomass, hydropower, solar, waste-to-energy and wind. An industry coalition that represents the largest renewable energy industries in the U.S. commissioned the “Job Impacts of a National Renewable Electricity Standard (RES)” research, which was conducted by independent firm Navigant Consulting, Inc. Traditional manufacturing states –- and states in the Southeast that have traditionally leaned toward coal for power generation — stand to benefit the most, the study found.

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