Global renewable energy of jobs grew by 14 per cent in the year 2013, report says

Renewable energy jobs grew by 14 percent to 6.5 million employees worldwide in the last year under the direction of the solar-panel industry, according to a new report by the International Agency for renewable energy. States led the setting employs a total of 2.6 million employees in renewable energy jobs and China last year, followed by Brazil and the United. The solar industry, spurred by increasing the photovoltaic panel installations in Asia and falling prices - employed workers 2.27 million at the end of the year 2013 largely concentrated in China, according to the report. The bio-fuel industry, with 1.45 million employees and wind energy, with 830,000, were the second and third largest employer. Although policy changes in several countries, wind energy installation jobs have reduced operating and maintenance have positions achieve some growth, according to the report information.

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