14 June 2012 - The renewable energy boom in Germany continues to create new jobs. According to a recently published study for the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, the development and production of renewable technologies and the provision of renewably generated electricity, heat and fuel in 2011 already provided work for around 382,000 people in Germany.
This represents an increase of about four per cent over the previous year and well over twice the 2004 figure. According to the study about three-quarters of the jobs can be attributed to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). With a total of 125,000 jobs directly and indirectly attributable to the industry, in the past year solar energy employed the largest share of workers in the field of renewables. Of these, about 111,000 are attributable to photovoltaics. This is followed by biomass, with 124,000 jobs, and wind power with more than 100,000.
Germany remains firmly committed to renewable energy as both a job creator and driver of technology exports. An example of this is a recent agreement between Germany and Tunisia to intensity their cooperation in the use of renewables. read more>>>
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