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Greater Sacramento Economic Council outlines clean‑tech pipeline tied to air‑quality goals
Summary
The Greater Sacramento Economic Council told the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District board on May 22 that nearly a third of its active business pipeline is in clean‑tech and mobility, highlighting local hydrogen, battery and circular‑economy projects that intersect with regional air‑quality priorities.
Trolls Adrian, executive vice president of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council, told the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (AQMD) board on May 22 that the region’s economic‑development pipeline includes 108 active projects, of which 33 are in clean‑tech and mobility.
Why it matters: Adrian and AQMD staff framed the region’s clean‑tech activity as directly linked to the agency’s air‑quality work — from hydrogen fueling and biomass‑to‑hydrogen facilities to battery‑related manufacturing and circular‑economy projects — and said continued coordination is needed to translate those projects into emissions reductions and jobs.
Adrian said the council’s May 1 pipeline count showed “somewhere between a quarter and a third” of its 108 active projects are clean tech, and that the sector is the top driver of inbound economic activity. He described the region’s strengths as a large labor pool, high STEM degree attainment and proximity to Bay Area research and Nevada production capacity. “We really are becoming this hub, an ecosystem of, integration of these economic development projects that have a very…
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