Renewable-energy jobs reach 11m worldwide
Eleven-million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, compared with 10.3-million in 2017, the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (Irena’s) ‘Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2019’ reveals
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As more and more countries manufacture, trade and install renewable-energy technologies, renewables jobs have grown to their highest level, despite slower growth in key renewables markets, including China, the report states.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind remain the most dynamic of all renewables industries, Irena says.
Accounting for one-third of the total renewable-energy workflow, solar PV retained the top spot in 2018, ahead of hydropower, liquid biofuels and wind power.
Asia had three-million people employed in the solar PV industry – nearly nine-tenths of the global total.
In 2018, PV employment expanded in India, South-East Asia and Brazil, while China, the US, Japan and the European Union (EU) lost jobs.
Most of the wind industry’s activity still occurs on land, which is responsible for the bulk of the sector’s 1.2-million jobs. China alone accounts for 44% of global wind employment.
Offshore wind could be an especially attractive option for leveraging domestic capacity and exploiting synergies with the oil and gas industry, the report indicates.
Further, rising output pushed biofuel jobs up 6% to 2.1-million. Brazil, Colombia and South-East Asia have labour- intensive supply chains where informal work is prominent, whereas operations in the US and the EU are far more mechanised, the report highlights.
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