UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

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The CBI Economics analysis, commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, found the net zero economy generated £105bn in gross value added and supported 1.1m jobs when supply chains are included, with 308,000 direct jobs in activities such as solar installation, insulation, wind turbine manufacturing and electric vehicles. Workers earned an average of £43,000 a year, 11% above the national average, and the report identified £455bn of potential energy infrastructure investment in the pipeline. An estimated 22,000 small businesses are engaged in emissions-reduction and renewable-energy activities.