Job recovery in the US clean energy sector slowed to a trickle in July amid a resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic with renewables adding only 591 positions nationwide versus almost 17,300 the previous month, according to the latest analysis of federal unemployment data by BW Research.
It found the industry overall added just 3,200 jobs last month compared with more than 106,000 in June, leaving more than 511,000 workers unemployed since the outbreak pushed the $21 trillion US economy into recession in March.
