Clean technology, or cleantech, covers a wide array of technologies including construction materials, electric vehicles, renewable power, and smart meters.  Silicon Valley – long a hotbed of cutting-edge development – is now becoming a global center for solar power and smart grid innovation.

The region is already considered to have the highest concentration of cleantech jobs in the United States.  Much of the job creation has been in smart grid and solar technology.  According to Next 10, an independent think tank, the Bay Area now has 7,000 people employed in renewable energy alone.

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