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Exponential growth in European Union’s renewable energy jobs

The biggest growth is anticipated to come from job creation in the consumer and small business sectors as homeowners focus on green lifestyles in order to enhance home energy efficiency, health, comfort and sustainability.

Green Jobs and Renewable Energy ECOINSTITUTION,  July 20, 2010davidhoward by Renewable energy industry has proven its potential to create jobs. Under current policies, the European Union could create sizeable number of jobs: 950,000 direct and indirect full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs and increase to 1.4 million in the next decade.

The biggest growth is anticipated to come from job creation in the consumer and small business sectors as homeowners focus on green lifestyles in order to enhance home energy efficiency, health, comfort and sustainability. Green home and small business green inspections are expected to grow exponentially over the next decade fueling the demand for educated green inspectors.

The European Union’s Advanced Renewable Strategy can potentially create 1.7 million jobs in 2010 which will almost double at 2.5 million in the next decade. It is projected that 60 to 70 percent of jobs will be filled in the renewable energy sector. European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) stated that if renewable energy share on European Union’s overall energy consumption is augmented, the number of jobs in this sector will inevitably rise to more than 2 million.

Spain and Germany are the renewable energy leaders in Europe. They lead the world in terms of the number of job offerings in renewable energy sector. Roland Berger, a business consultant in Germany, believes that the country has the potential to employ 500,000 and 710,000 people by 2020 and 2030 respectively. In contrast, a trade union reveals that Spain sectors belonging to the renewable energy sector has directly and indirectly employed 188,000 workers all throughout the country in 2007.

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July 21, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | decentralised, EUROPE | climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, solar, wind