A new report conducted by RTI International for the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) found that the cumulative economic impact of clean energy in North Carolina is $40.3 billion over the last 14 years. For 2007 to 2020, the Triad saw nearly $1.1 billion in clean energy investment.
In 2020 alone, the updated analysis finds that renewable energy project investment totaled $1.6 billion which is 62 times more than the $26.2 million invested in 2007.
“We know that clean energy…