“Coming into 2020, Colorado’s clean energy economy was looking forward to another record-breaking year with state clean energy employers projecting 5.4% job growth,” the report noted. However, with energy efficiency contractors shut out of homes and commercial buildings and manufacturing companies furloughing workers, the pandemic cost Colorado an estimated 6,000 jobs in the industry.
E2 reported that 22% of the clean energy workforce in the Denver-Aurora area became unemployed, through an examination of unemployment claims. Nearly 84% of the total clean energy jobs in Colorado were in the efficiency and renewable energy fields. Professional services and construction were the most prevalent types of occupation.
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