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Key Findings

Construction Phase
  • By 2014, total green investments by these six major companies will total more than $5.5 billion.
  • The number of direct green jobs generated in 2011 was 5,674, with a total economic impact of 9,369 jobs across Tennessee.
    • Total number of green construction jobs (direct + indirect + induced) was 6,893.
Operation Phase
  • At full employment, these companies are expected to employ directly 4,572 people by 2014.
  • The total number of permanent jobs is 16,559, of which
    • 10,143 jobs are green jobs.
  • These investments are likely to generate increased demand for the following occupational categories and occupations.
    • Green Increased Demand Occupations
      • Team assemblers
      • First-line supervisors
      • Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
      • Laborers
    • Green Enhanced Skills Occupations
      • Machinists
      • Inspectors and testers
      • Maintenance and repair workers
    • Green New and Emerging Occupations
      • Engineers
      • Solar energy installation managers
      • Logistics engineers and analysts
      • Energy brokers
  • The green manufacturing jobs created with these investments represent nearly 1.5 percent of the state's total manufacturing jobs, which may stop the downward trend in the manufacturing sector.

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* Murat Arik is associate director of the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University.

 

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