Lorain County

 

National commitment to renewable energy could bring investment and jobs to firms in Lorain County, Ohio, according to analysis by the Renewable Energy Policy Project:
         
Wind        
    # of Firms  Investment  New FTE 
NAICS NAICS Description in NAICS (in millions) Jobs
335999 Electronic Equipment and Components, NEC 3 $51.80 336
331511 Iron Foundries 6 $25.80 181
326199 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing 20 $11.80 94
332312 Fabricated Structural Metal 1 $4.30 25
332991 Ball and Roller Bearings 1 $1.50 9
334418 Printed circuits and electronics assemblies 1 $0.40 2
335312 Motors and Generators 1 $0.20 1
334519 Measuring and Controlling Devices 1 $0.00 0
Total:   34 $95.80 648
         
Solar        
    # of Firms  Investment  New FTE 
NAICS NAICS Description in NAICS (in millions) Jobs
335999 Electronic Equipment and Components, NEC 3 $129.80 841
326113 Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (Except Packaging)  2 $3.10 12
325211 Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing 1 $2.90 4
332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing 9 $1.30 11
335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing 1 $0.80 6
335313 Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing 3 $0.80 4
Total:   19 $138.70 878
         
Geothermal        
    # of Firms  Investment  New FTE 
NAICS NAICS Description in NAICS (in millions) Jobs
333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and...  1 $1.80 9
333912 Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing 1 $1.00 4
333911 Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing 1 $0.30 2
332410 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing 1 $0.10 0
Total:   4 $3.20 15
         
Biomass        
    # of Firms  Investment  New FTE 
NAICS NAICS Description in NAICS (in millions) Jobs
335999 Electronic Equipment and Components, NEC 3 $1.90 13
333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and...  1 $0.70 4
333999 All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery  5 $0.50 4
333411 Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing 1 $0.40 3
333120 Construction Machinery Manufacturing 2 $0.30 1
333414 Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing 1 $0.30 2
332410 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing 1 $0.20 2
335313 Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing 3 $0.10 0
333911 Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing 1 $0.10 0
333912 Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing 1 $0.10 0
333210 Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery Manufacturing 1 $0.10 1
Total:   20 $4.70 30
       
         
Grand Total for Lorain County, Ohio: 77 $242.40 1,571

 

Source: Renewable Energy Policy Project, analysis of 1997 Economic Census Data

 

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is used to classify and measure economic activity by business sector and industry based upon the establishment's primary activity.

 

FTE: Full Time Equivalent; Forty hours per week is full time or 1.0 FTE. Twenty hours per week is half time or .50 FTE.

 

NOTE: This table lists firms currently in this county, and currently producing component parts in the same NAICS codes as parts needed to manufacture equipment that produces renewable energy. These firms would be poised to modify their production slightly, to begin producing component parts for renewable energy equipment. The projected jobs and investment assume that these Ohio firms would continue to serve the same proportion of the new market as they currently serve in the existing market.

 

 

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10/2005