Orange County Register covered the release of AEEI's new report exploring the size and scope of employment in the advanced energy industry in California. Advanced energy innovation means 44,000 jobs in O.C., and 508,000 in California overall. From the article: 

An estimated 43,000 California businesses spend all or part of their time on “advanced energy,” including 3,870 in Orange County, according to a new survey by Advanced Energy Economy, a Washington, D.C.-based trade group. Three quarters are small companies like MelRok.

Read the full piece here.