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Advanced Energy Economy Institute's recent Employment Survey of the advanced energy industry in Calfiornia (available for download here) was featured in the LA Times today. The article, entitled "Studies tout value of state's almond growers, green energy, Latinos" online, discusses a few different reports from business and interest groups coming out this December. From the article:

The Des Moines Register covered a recent report released by Advanced Energy Economy Institute, in its recent story, "Iowa projected to add 1,330 energy jobs in 2015." The projected gains in Iowa's advanced energy industry would push up "employment in wind, solar, renewable fuels and energy efficiency to nearly 24,000."

This year, we've seen several analysts discussing how to value distributed solar energy, which is not included in utility-scale solar energy valuations. In Jim Pierbon's post on Energy Collective, "Valuing Solar Energy: Two Models to Use," the two models for valuing solar energy are ICF International's model on "the true value of solar" and AEE's Benefit-Cost Analysis for Distributed Energy Resources.

The Advanced Energy Economy Institute recently released California employment survey found that more than 40,000 advanced energy businesses in the state employ more than 431,800 people, making California's advanced energy industry a bigger employer than Hollywood. 

Lisa Frantzis, AEE's senior vice president for strategy and corporate development, was quoted as background information in a story by Midwest Energy News. 

First-time Survey of Iowa Firms Projects 6 Percent Job Growth in Coming Year

With more than 40,000 businesses and 430,000 workers, advanced energy is a bigger employer in the state than the motion picture, television, and radio industries, mining and quarrying, semiconductors, and aerospace – and is projected to grow 17 percent in the coming year