Where Are the Sustainable Energy Jobs in America?

Many voices in the 2010s shouted that there were no jobs in America, although major Job Search Engines listed at least 4,500,000+ job openings at any given point between autumn 2010 and spring 2011. However, jobs seemed to cluster in certain market area and overall, not enough jobs for every unemployed job seeker were available.

Some of the voices were looking for union jobs with related high wages, and some of these were indeed no longer to be found. Other voices bemoaned the lack of enough clean and sustainable energy jobs promised by the presidential campaign of 2008 and during State of the Union addresses. Still others reported thast in early 2011, US Unemployment was actually at 22%. Many questions hung in the air.

Where are the American jobs in 2011 related to sustainable and renewable energy resources, petroleum and natural gas, and other forms of energy?

 RENEWABLE ENERGY

1. General Electric and GE Energy
2. Johnson Controls
3. First Solar
4. Cummins
5. PG & E
6. Examiner.com - Green Writers
7. Kema
8. Areva
9. Deloitte
10. Archer Daniels Midland
11. Siemens
12. Chevron
13. Waste Management
14. Parsons
15. Thinkenergygroup.com
16. Conservation Services Group
17. Xcel Energy
18. AREVA AREVA
19. Mortenson Construction
20. Power Home Remodeling Group
21. National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Golden Colorado

1. Project Managers
2. Green Writers
3. Energy Advisors
4. Renewable Energy Leaders - Engineering and Development
5. Senior Electrical Engineers
6. Project Engineers
7. Mechanical Engineers
8. Electrical Engineers
9. Account Managers
10. Control Designers
11. Account Executives
12. Electrical Substation Project Engineers
13. Business Development Managers

OIL AND PETROLEUM 

Approximately 51,000 jobs were found in oil extraction and production in the US at the same time as the Renewable Energy jobs above were listed. Top locations included the following cities' list. Texas and California as states offer the most opportunities.

1. Houston, Dallas, Midland and elsewhere in Texas
2. Denver
3. Oklahoma City
4. New York City
5. Tulsa OK
6. Atlanta
7. Los Angeles, Bakersfield and San Diego CA
8. Chicago
9. Pittsburgh

The USA is stall awaiting developments in the Laska Pipeline supply and the Alberta Pipeline Supply. The Canadian oil and natural gas supplies are t5o be piped to New Town, North Dakota to join the 40 new oil wells to be in production in the early 2010s. New Town Area facilities will be processing both American and Canadian oil and gas, providing new jobs for many workers.

 NATURAL GAS

Over 12,600 Natural Gas related jobs were found across America as well, located in these top places:

1. Houston, Dallas, Midland and elsewhere in Texas
2. Denver
3. Atlanta
4. Oklahoma City
5. San Francisco and San Diego CA
6. Schenectady and NYC New York
7. Greenville SC
8. Pittsburgh and Allentown PA

SOLAR ENERGY

From 2006 - 2011, 5,800+ jobs in Solar Energy were listed.

1. CALIFORNIA: San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Mateo and San Jose
2. Atlanta
3. Houston
4. Schenectady and NYC New York
5. Perrysburg OH
6. Greenville SC
7. Washington DC
8. Phoenix
9. Denver

Solar Energy jobs have increased at a rate that is higher than the increases in eny of the other energies mentioned above. The largest number of these fast-increasing jobs are located in five major cities in California, shown on the map to the right .

In addition, Thermal Energy jobs account for 2,200 American listings in April 2011, and Nuclear Energy jobs comprise 5,200+ listings (Georgia, Texas, New York, and New Mexico). Although listed in Renweable Energy jobs, Wind Energy positions number over 8,000 and are also located in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Indiana, and Florida. A system of wind turbines has begin to appear along I-75 in Northwestern Ohio.