Alternative fuels, alternative vehicle fuels and building technology together make up a large part of both the global and the UK’s energy and environmental technologies sector. The latest available figures show energy efficient building technology alone commands 14 per cent of the global market for this sector, while alternative vehicle fuels account for 12 per cent.
In the North West, around 37,000 people work in this sub sector, which is worth around £4.7 billion. Emerging energy has been identified as having enormous potential for growth.
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