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Green company growth forces need for green employees

As the sustainable energy industry continues to grow in the Southeast, a number of new green jobs will be created.

RALEIGH – Federal initiatives and stimulus money are helping to fuel the growth of the green industry.

Southern Energy has grown from a two-person operation out of a living room back in 2001 to a 50-person sustainable energy company. They’ve also been able to add jobs in the midst of an economic recession.

“We’re starting to see an upward trend right now, and we see some new, larger projects that we’ll announce in the near future,” said Blair Kendall with Southern Energy. “And with those, we’re going to start hiring again, and we see adding probably another 20 or 30 employees next year.”….

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