Last year, photovoltaic solar energy employed 31,500 people and wind power 23,900 people in Spain. But the best is yet to come: Things will continue to rise in the coming years. in such a way that The renewable energy market could create a cumulative total of 468,000 jobs this decade: 350,000 direct and 118,000 indirect.
Almost half of these jobs will be created in Andalusia, Castilla y León and Aragón. These are some of the results featured in several reports, including the report just published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) entitled ‘Renewable energies and employment: 2022 annual review’.
A projection from renewable energy marketer Unielectrica details what we need to add to these 468,000 jobs that will be created by renewable energy sources: 280,000 new forest management, 150,000 animal husbandry and comprehensive agro-farming, and 160,000 circular economy. 1.13 million ‘green’ jobs in total until 2030.
According to Unielectrica’s study, 327,278 MW of renewables were in the process of connecting to the grid last February, accounting for 213,255 MW of photovoltaic, 92,132 MW of wind power, 2,528 MW of thermosolar and 19,363 of other energy sources. .
Solar energy will be the energy that will contribute the most to employmentTherefore, according to the estimates of the Association of Renewable Energy Companies (APPA), 68 of every 100 jobs created are protected for about 20 years.
Latter wind technologyOf every 100 jobs, 25 correspond to manufacturing or ancillary companies, 64 to the first-year installation site, and 11 to the 25-year operation and maintenance department.
Andalusia, leader in ‘green’ employment
by autonomous communities, Andalusia has the most potential for ‘green’ employmentbecause according to Unielectrica estimates, It can create 106,000 jobs In the renewable energy sector in this decade, directly and indirectly, the Region has now requested 55,924 photovoltaic MW and 4,426 wind MW connections.
Second Castile and Leona community where they will be formed in a predictable way 62,000 jobs Depends on renewable energies by 2030. Currently, 29,815 MW of photovoltaic power and 19,740 wind power are in the process of being connected to the grid.
The third region that will contribute the most to job creation is Aragonwith 58,000 new jobs. In your case, you requested a down payment of 24,781 photovoltaic MW and 15,402 wind MW.
Following this ranking are Castilla La Mancha (43,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created), Valencian Community (40,000), Extremadura (32,000), Madrid (30,000), Catalonia (27,000), Galicia (22,500), Murcia (15,000). ; Navarra (9,600 jobs), Basque Country (7,500); Canary Islands (5,500) and La Rioja (4,200). The list of autonomous communities closes Asturias (3,700 new jobs in the renewable energy sector this decade), Balearic Islands (2,300) and Cantabria (1,600).
The data provided by Unielectrica overlaps with data collected in 2019 by APPA, which identified jobs created by renewable sources in Spain as around 45,000 direct and indirect jobs in the last year before the pandemic, the calculation was made “very low”. if this were extended over this decade, it would coincide with what was included in the Plan for Recovery, Transformation and Resilience.
Industry boom in the world
The renewable energy sector is experiencing a real ‘boom’. reached last year 12.7 million jobs worldwide, 700,000 more by 2020despite the effects of the pandemic and the energy crisis.
IRENA highlights in its report: solar energy is the fastest growing sectorSince creating 4.3 million jobs in the world in 2021.
The study also concludes, given growing concerns about climate change, recovery from the pandemic and disruptions to supply chains. Increasing country interest in localizing supply chains and creating jobs at the national level.
The report reveals that more and more countries are creating jobs in renewable energy. About two-thirds of all these jobs are in Asia. China represents 42% of the global total, followed by the European Union and Brazil with 10% in both cases, and the United States and India with 7% in both cases.
Europe accounts for 40% of global wind generation production and is the largest exporter of wind equipment.. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain accounted for more than three-quarters of world exports in 2020.
The ranking in this field was as follows: 30.1% of world wind equipment exports were Germany, 26.3% were Denmark, 13.8% were the Netherlands, 13.8% were Spain, 8.3% were Brazil , 2.4% India and 2.4% India.
when it comes to the industry bioenergy –biofuels, biomass energy and biogas–, 2.8 GW of renewable capacity was installed in Spain in 2020 and 4 GW in 2021. self consumption and without auctions or support mechanisms.
Reference report: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2022/Sep/IRENA_Renewable_energy_and_jobs_2022.pdf
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