Last year financial giant Goldman Sachs announced it was going to invest $150 billion in clean energy projects over the next decade. Yesterday, the bank released a report of the initial results of the program. In the last year, Goldman has invested $41 billion in 89 clean energy companies. These investments generated 31 gigawatts of clean energy, employed more than 129,000 people, and created $34 billion in revenue.
Goldman Sachs investments created 129,000 clean energy jobs in past year
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