Numbers from the and despite continuous investments in renewable energy growth here, it鈥檚 not looking very sunny for New Mexico, despite continuous investments in renewable energy growth 鈥撯�� for now.
New Mexico鈥檚 estimated jobs grew a whopping 0% in 2021 to 2022 according to the data, which was gathered from calls and surveys by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
The state鈥檚 numbers are troubling when compared to other states in the region 鈥撯�� like Texas, which grew its solar jobs by 8.7% to 11,250 jobs. New Mexico sits at just over 2,000.
鈥淭here was a lot of big projects that were delayed because of supply chain issues,鈥� said Jim DesJardins, the executive director of the Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico.
DesJardins said while the numbers do look strange, there are different industry sectors that explain the skew in numbers, including residential solar.
鈥淭hey're operating in a different space than a utility scale project, which would account for a lot of temporary jobs,鈥� Desjardin said.
Though, across the board, he expects the solar industry to
In 2022, state agencies invested
On the state level, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department told 九色网 it doesn鈥檛 keep track of an exact count and can only estimate job numbers based on solar investment.
