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2020-09-30 12:55:00

RENEWABLE EMPLOYMENT UP TO 11.5 MLN

RENEWABLE EMPLOYMENT UP TO 11.5 MLN

IRENA - 29 SEPTEMBER 2020 - Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2020

KEY FACTS

Annual Review 2020

Employment in renewable energy worldwide was estimated at 11.5 million in 2019, up from 11 million in 2018. Women hold 32% of these jobs.

Most jobs have been created in a small number of countries, but employment benefits are showing up more widely, especially through the deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Asia accounted for 63% of total jobs in renewables globally.

Although precise estimates remain scarce, off-grid decentralised renewables are creating a growing number of jobs, while also propelling employment in productive uses ranging from agro-processing and health care to communications and commerce in local communities. 

The solar PV industry retains the top spot, with 33% of the total renewable energy workforce. In 2019, 87% of global PV employment was concentrated in the ten countries that lead in worldwide deployment and in the production of equipment. 

Driven by output growth of 2% for ethanol and 13% for biodiesel in 2019, biofuels jobs worldwide expanded to 2.5 million. Production expanded robustly in Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand all of which have labour-intensive supply chains, whereas output in the United States and the European Union fell.

Employment in wind power supports 1.2 million jobs, 21% of which are held by women.  Onshore projects continue to predominate, but the number of countries with offshore farms now stands at 18, up from 10 a decade ago. Supply chains are expanding. 

Hydropower has the largest installed capacity of all renewables, but its growth is slowing. The sector employs close to 2 million people directly, many in operations and maintenance. 

 Building the skills base necessary to support the ongoing global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables requires more vocational training, stronger curricula, more teacher training and expanded use of information and communications technology for remote learning. 

The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the importance of strong policy frameworks for renewables to achieve social, economic and environmental objectives.

 

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