North Carolina is turning a new green leaf when it comes to eco-friendly industries in the state. The N.C. Sustainable Energy Association just released its Clean Energy Data Book which identifies the state’s clean energy projects and reports how many people are employed by those projects. This is the first comprehensive catalog of North Carolina’s clean energy initiatives to be compiled all in the same place. The book showcases several exciting green programs such as a large solar farm in the Triad to a wind turbine system at Appalachian State University. These initiatives have created roughly 12,500 jobs and were sparked by green job initiatives, new legislation, state tax credits, and more.