irena - renewable energy and jobs annual review 2015
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Renewable Energy and Jobs
Annual Review 2015
IRENA Policy Day
9 June, 2015
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Benefits of Renewable Energy
RENEWABLE ENERGY
DEPLOYMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Climate change
local pollution
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
poverty alleviation,
access
ENERGY SECURITY
Risk reduction
Trade balance improvement
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Income, industrial
development and jobs
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32013 20142012
IRENA’s Knowledge Base on Employment
2011
Leading the work on jobs since 2011
2015
Jobs Sidebar in the Global Status Report
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Employment in Selected Countries
Renewable Energy Jobs
Employment by technology
Renewable Energy Jobs
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Renewable Energy Jobs - Solar PV
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Energy Access: 3.8 million solar home systems – 115,000 jobs
China is the global leaderUS employment in solar up by 20%
Solar PV employment in Japantripled between 2012 and 2013
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Renewable Energy Jobs – Large Hydro
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Renewable energy jobs
and the segments of the value chain
Segment of Value
Chain
Project Planning
Manu-facturing
Install-ation
Decomm-issioning
Grid Connection
Operation and
Maintenance
ManufacturingInstallation & Construction
79% 20%
ManufacturingInstallation & Construction
24% 70%
BREAKDOWN OF EMPLOYMENT BY SEGMENTS OF THE VALUE CHAIN
1.6 Million Jobs in Solar PV 174,000 Jobs in Solar
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The right policy mix can maximise
value creation (including jobs)
Research and
innovation
Deployment
policies
Strengthening
firm-level
capabilities
Education
and
training
Investment
promotion and
technology
transfer
Local content
requirements
• Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2016 – will update
estimates and further improve coverage and data quality
• Opportunities for Local Value Creation from the Deployment of Solar
and Wind identifies which segments of the value chain should be
undertaken locally to maximize value creation.
• Socio-economic Benefits of Off-grid Technologies analyses how off-grid
applications for heating/cooling and motive power can improve the
livelihood of people that lack access to modern energy services.
• Quantitative assessment of the socio-economic impacts of renewable
energy deployment assesses the economy-wide impacts on select
variables - GDP, trade, employment and welfare.
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The way forward
Socio-economic Benefits of Off-grid Technologies
Opportunities for Local Value Creation from the Deployment of Solar and Wind
Quantitative assessment of the socio-economic impacts of renewable energy deployment
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Key questions to be addressed in the assessment:
• Do renewables improve GDP?
• Do renewables create net employment (economy-wide)? What are the
implications for unemployment?
• Do renewables improve welfare?
• How would renewables change the trade of fossil fuels?
Quantitative socio-economic assessment
Scope:
• Geographical: global and disaggregation for most REmap countries
• Economic: all sectors, including households and governments
Economic growth: Income and GDP
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MEXICO
20 GW of wind by 2020, a
cumulative GDP gain of USD
7.9 billion to USD 28.5 billion
JAPAN
Benefits for a 2030 target of 14-16% RE outweigh costs by
a factor of 2 to 3. Economic effects account for 75-90% of
the total benefits. PV already employs 210,000 people.
CHINA
The PV sector generated USD 52 billion
in 2013. Employs 1.6 million people.
Some examples from similar analyses
The message to take home
Thank you!