L R AS Published on Sunday 25 September 2022 - n° 417 - Categories:evolution-stat
Global employment in energy, electricity, photovoltaics according to the IEA
Employment in photovoltaics
According to the IEA, 3.4 million people were employed in solar PV in 2021. Almost half were employed in China, 280,000 in North America, 260,000 in Europe, 50,000 in Africa. The vast majority of workers were employed in manufacturing and installation of new capacity.
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Employment in the electricity sector
Employment in electricity generation reached 11.2 million in 2019, of which 3.4 million were in solar PV, 2 million in coal and 1.9 million in hydro. Onshore and offshore wind employed 1.2 million. Nuclear energy employed 1 million. Employment in other renewables totalled 0.7 million.
Employment in the energy sector
65 million people were employed in the energy sector in 2019, representing 2% of global employment. Half of this workforce was employed in the clean energy sector, with solar photovoltaics employing more workers than any other electricity generation technology.
Employment in the energy sector as a whole increased by about 1.3 million in 2021. It could increase by a further 6 percentage points by 2022 Clean energy accounts for all the growth.
Investment in the energy sector could increase by 8% in 2022, to $2.4 trillion, but almost half of the increase in capital expenditure would be related to rising costs.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/09/19/solar-pv-employed-around-3-4-million-people-in-2021/
PV Magazine of 19 September 2022
Editor's note: There is a twofold difference in the number of jobs for the same year (2021) between the IEA, which estimates 260,000, and SolarPower Europe, which estimates 466,000. The higher figure is for the European Union states, and the lower figure is for Europe, including Great Britain!
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