TY - JOUR
T1 - Job creation potentials and skill requirements in, PV, CSP, wind, water-to-energy and energy efficiency value chains
AU - Sooriyaarachchi, Thilanka M.
AU - Tsai, I. Tsung
AU - El Khatib, Sameh
AU - Farid, Amro M.
AU - Mezher, Toufic
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/8/22
Y1 - 2015/8/22
N2 - Job creation is an important component of the socio-economic effects associated with the development and deployment of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) technologies. The potential contribution of the RE and EE sectors in creating new jobs affect the public policy as well as the allocation of public resources to promote related activities. This paper provides an overview on the job creation potential along the value chains of key RE and EE technologies by skill set, technological category and the stage in the life cycle of the development and deployment process. We summarize the existing approaches to estimate job creation effects of the RE and EE sectors and report the existing estimations of job creation figures by technology and capacity. The paper concludes with the cases studies on Germany, Spain, the United States and the Middle Eastern region to showcase the variation of job creation potential in different regions.
AB - Job creation is an important component of the socio-economic effects associated with the development and deployment of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) technologies. The potential contribution of the RE and EE sectors in creating new jobs affect the public policy as well as the allocation of public resources to promote related activities. This paper provides an overview on the job creation potential along the value chains of key RE and EE technologies by skill set, technological category and the stage in the life cycle of the development and deployment process. We summarize the existing approaches to estimate job creation effects of the RE and EE sectors and report the existing estimations of job creation figures by technology and capacity. The paper concludes with the cases studies on Germany, Spain, the United States and the Middle Eastern region to showcase the variation of job creation potential in different regions.
KW - Energy Efficiency
KW - Job creation potential
KW - Renewable Energy
KW - Skill demand
KW - Value chain
KW - Waste-to-energy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.143
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.143
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84939795545
SN - 1364-0321
VL - 52
SP - 653
EP - 668
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
ER -