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Susan Glickman

Susan Glickman. Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy A Business V oice for Clean Energy Technology. Clean Energy Jobs. Energy is important K ey to our daily lives And growing - energy need expected to double in 20 years US Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Susan Glickman

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  1. Susan Glickman Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy A Business Voice for Clean Energy Technology

  2. Clean Energy Jobs • Energy is important • Key to our daily lives • And growing - energy need expected to double in 20 years US Bureau of Labor Statistics 3.1 Million Jobs in clean energy vs 783,000 for oil, gas and coal

  3. Clean Tech Sector Investments • More than $500 Million in 2001 grew to 8 Billion in 2010 according to Clean Technology Group, LLC. • Some $1 trillion in investment capital globally flowed into clean energy segments alone between 2004 and 2010, as yearly investment levels nearly quintupled from $52 billion to $243 billion. • Looking forward, a recent survey by Ernst & Young found that three quarters of major global corporations plan to increase their “cleantech” budgets from 2012 to 2014 and that 40 percent of that spending will flow into R&D.

  4. Clean Tech Jobs in Florida are Growing • In 2009, Pew Charitable Trust ranked Florida as 3rd in the nation with 3,831 Clean technology Businesses and 6th in the nation with over 31,000 clean technology jobs. • In 2010, Bureau of Labor Statistics identified 95,963 clean energy jobs in Florida – 1.3% of the state’s workforce.

  5. By Comparison • Texas – 229,700 jobs in the clean tech sector/2.3% of jobs in Texas • Colorado – 72,452 jobs/3.3% • North Carolina – 77,498 jobs/2% • Pennsylvania – 182,193 jobs/3.3%

  6. Where Do We Go From Here? Jobs are Priority #1 Commissioner Adam Putnam, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services • Florida Energy Office – Patrick Sheehan, Executive Director • Florida Energy Summit – August • Economic conditions have changed • The Economy • Costs for Energy – traditional fuels up and costs for clean energy/new renewables are down • Innovations are happening NOW!

  7. Consistent Themes Florida has a one time opportunity to position the state at the leading edge Lynda Weatherman, President and CEO of Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast said it best in her 2010 white paper, Energizing Economic Development and Creating New Jobs from renewable Energy. Under Cluster and Magnet Formation Happen Once, Lynda wrote: It is important to understand that true and significant industrial clusters (with sophisticated supply chains, labor distribution, etc) are shaped when those industries are being developed. With innovation driving a new industrial revolution ‐ new economies shift and magnets are drawn. Once that occurs, relocation is a non starter and the best other areas can hope for are ancillary sub sets of those national industrial drivers. Once the dynamics are formed, all the efforts in economic development to create a post facto industrial cluster will be negligible. There is only one Silicon Valley and it took over 80 years to challenge Detroit’s industrial cluster. This is one time in Florida’s economic development history that we have the presence and knowledge prior to the solidification of an industrial cluster. But as in any opportunity, the window opens and closes rapidly. As these emerging companies grow, decisions to locate will be made.

  8. Susan Glickman Director, Florida Business Network for a Clean Energy Economy skglickman@gmail.com 727-742-9003

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