Renewables Create Jobs

In 2011, 381,600 people in Germany worked in the field of renewable energies, about four per cent more than in the previous year. This is the result of a study by the DLR and partnering institutions. Approximately a third of these worked in the field of biomass, another third worked in the field of solar energy. Wind energy featured a share of 26 per cent. 72 percent of these jobs in 2011 can be attributed to the effect of the German Renewable Energies Act (EEG).

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