By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks)
News Release NR-2515
University of Colorado researchers quantify benefits of national laboratory dedicated to clean energy
June 4, 2015
The economic impact of the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was $872.3 million nationwide in fiscal year 2014, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business.
The study estimates NREL’s impact to Colorado’s economy totaled $701 million, a decline of 1.6 percent from the prior year. The slight year-over-year drop was largely attributed to a decline in major construction spending that came as NREL completed the planned build-out of its sustainable campus.
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