President Trump has promised to revive the coal industry and double down on fossil fuels, creating “so many energy jobs,” but he has so far ignored the increasingly important role of renewable power in America’s energy economy. Last year, the solar industry employed many more Americans than coal, while wind power topped 100,000 jobs. Power creation jobs in 2016 1.9 million Natural gas 398,235 Coal 160,119 Solar 373,807 Bioenergy 130,677 Wind 101,738 Oil 515,518 Other*
Today’s energy jobs are in solar, not coal
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