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NREL Expands Workforce, Campus and Contracts

The presence of the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado is a $714 million annual boost to the state’s economy, according to data compiled in a soon to be released analysis by the University of Colorado.

That’s more than three times what it was just three years ago, when the economic impact was $192 million.NREL is the nation’s primary research and development laboratory for the advancement of clean and renewable energy, and for maximizing energy efficiency. NREL’s full-time work force grew from 917 in 2007 to 2,300 today. That many people working at a lab induces many more jobs to ripple through the state economy. In total, NREL’s presence means more than 5,500 jobs in Colorado.
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