Detroit-Ann Arbor ranks No. 14 in nation for clean-tech employment

There's room to grow, that's for sure, but ranking No. 14 is still commendable considering the clean-tech industry is a growing sector.

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The Detroit-Ann Arbor region ranks No. 14 nationally in clean-tech job activity in a new "Clean Tech Job Trends 2009" report from Clean Edge Inc.

The ranking is both encouraging, given Michigan's massive job losses in other sectors, and a reminder that we're still far from the top of the heap in the hypercompetitive green jobs race. The ranking seems likely to rise in subsequent years given the amount of high-profile recent activity, including the planned redevelopment of the abandoned Ford Wixom plant for renewable energy manufacturing and a $100 million clean-energy research facility that GE is opening near Belleville.

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