Renewable Energy and Jobs

International Renewable Energy Agency

Diciembre 2013

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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimates that 5.7 million people worldwide were employed in the renewable energy sector, directly and indirectly, in 2012 1. The largest number of jobs is found in biofuels and solar photovoltaic, 1.38 million and 1.36 million, respectively. The solar heating/cooling, wind power and biomass industries each employ several hundred thousand people. By comparison, biogas, geothermal energy, small hydropower and concentrated solar power are much smaller employers. Generally, better information is available for electricity-generating renewable energy technologies than for those relating to transportation and heating cooling. The employment dimension

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