With targeted investment in companies and policies focused on improving energy efficiency, Minnesota’s energy sector could grow to support 26,000 jobs a year, according to a new report.

Ten photonics companies from Bozeman, including seven sponsored in-part by the Montana Department of Commerce, will showcase their products to potential customers from more than 70 countries June 26-29 at the Laser World of Photonics in Munich.

West Virginia is well-positioned to take advantage of growing needs for businesses in the energy efficiency field, but it also has some major barriers to those companies, a new report says.

West Virginia’s ability to provide efficient energy for industry could create thousands of skilled jobs and help secure the state’s economic future.

New report offers policy recommendations to foster Washington’s grid modernization industry to support an annual average of over 13,800 jobs through 2030.

The Washington Jobs Project: A Guide to Creating Jobs in Grid Modernization was created by the American Jobs Project in partnership with the University of Washington and Western Washington University. Information was obtained from dozens of interviews with government, nonprofit, academic, and business leaders in Washington.