China Gets Huge Jobs Boost From New Energy

Green jobs boost: China leads way as renewable energy employment set to top 28 million by 2050

Elly Donnelly, 5 December 2018 (Irish Independent)

“…While an increasing number of countries are deriving socio-economic benefits from renewable energy, employment remains highly concentrated in a handful of countries, including China, Brazil, the US, India, Germany and Japan…China, in particular, is forging ahead and accounted for almost half of all renewable energy jobs last year…Its share of employment is especially high in solar heating and cooling (83pc) and in the solar photovoltaic (PV) sector (66pc)…

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A factor behind the growing level of employment in Asian countries - which accounted for 60pc of renewable jobs in 2017 - is down to growing domestic deployment, as well as strong manufacturing capabilities, which are supported by government policies such as feed-in tariffs, auctions, and preferential credit and land policies…PV was the largest employer, with 3.4 million jobs, up 9pc. Expansion in the PV sector took place in China and India, while the US, Japan and the EU lost jobs…” click here for more

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