The Solar Thermal Job Effect
How many jobs could solar thermal create in the EU?
If appropriate political and market conditions were to be developed, some 580,000 full-time jobs would be created by the year 2030. Solar thermal jobs create local income sources and are easily targeted for regional development.
How many jobs does solar thermal create in comparison to fossil and nuclear energies?
Per generated 1000GWh of supplied primary energy, the number of jobs in each industry is as follows:
Hard coal: 90 jobs
Nuclear power: 72 jobs
Solar technology: 3960 jobs
What type of jobs would be required?
A mixture of job types would be created in the fields of manufacturing, engineering, installation and maintenance. A cross section of skill sets and economic rewards would be developed across several social economic groups within the workforce. The risk of job migration, to countries outside the EU, is low.
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The active expansion of solar thermal usage in Europe would create 350,000 new full-time jobs. In the period of accelerated development to the year 2030, this figure would rise to 580,000. These jobs would be created in the European regions in industry, trade and commerce and, even in the context of globalisation, would provide stable employment that would last for decades.
Diagrams on the Solar Thermal Job Effect
Description (left diagram): Solar thermal could provide more than 6% of the total energy consumption throughout Europe, meaning that it could replace the hard coal from Germany (which provided 5.5% of Germany's total energy consumption in 2002, thus creating many new and more healthy jobs, as well as providing new changes for the coal miners)
Description (right diagram): The fast market growth of solar thermal would create up to 580,000 new jobs - most of them in Europe. After the initial growth phase, the market would then calm down and provide 350,000 jobs in 2040.
Reference: "Renewable Energy in Europe. Building markets and capacity", European Renewable Energy Council (Editor), Brussels 2004.; Energy Data Report (German Federal Ministry of the Economy, Germany 2003)
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