Renewable Energy And Jobs Review 2014

• 2013 was set to be a record year for offshore wind. Offshore wind power installations are on track to hit a seventh consecutive annual record in 2013. Developers added 1,080 megawatts of generating capacity in the first half of the year, expanding the world total by 20% in just six months. Fifteen countries host some 6,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity.

Overwhelmingly, economists seek to answer how much job creation and Gross Domestic Product growth would come from a shift toward alternative energy. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) based in Dubai has just released a report that says jobs in the solar and renewable energy sectors are increasing faster than employment opportunities in fossil fuel industry for the first time. It says 8.1 million people worldwide had jobs in the clean energy in 2015, up from 7.7 million in 2014, according to Bloomberg. And according to the U.S Bureau of Statistics Employment grew six percent in solar and slumped 18 percent in upstream oil and gas and support

The production of biodiesel helps provide employment in many towns such as Durant, Oklahoma. This plant alone has employed 148 people bestowing to Joel Arellano in the Durant Daily Democrat June 22, 2006. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states the biofuels industry employs a wide range of workers in a variety of occupations (Sept., 11): Scientist and engineers conduct research and development, construction workers build plants and update infrastructure, agricultural workers grow and harvest feedstock, plant workers process feedstock into fuels, and sales workers sell the biofuels. A 2012 study by Richards found that ethanol production supported 401,600 jobs in 2011. A National Biodiesel Board study found that the production of 1 billion gallons of biodiesel supports 39,027 jobs. While Rick Da Tech states that working on a biodiesel plant has been known to be very dangerous because of the toxic and flammable liquids, it is hard to look past the many of job opportunities it provides for public.

Wind power supports 73,000 well-paying jobs across all 50 states. Nearly 20,000 American workers at over 500 factories across 43 states now build wind turbine parts and materials. The DOE’s Wind Vision report says growing wind energy to supply 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030 could support 380,000 jobs.”

The solar energy industry creates jobs. The Central Valley is a major hub of agriculture in the United States. The produce in the valley varies from vegetables, fruits, wine, dairy products and fruit juices. To sustain Agribusiness in the region, businessmen and farmers needed to cut the cost of running their farms and ranch. The ability to cut the energy bills has helped many businesses to remain profitable and sustain the livelihood of many families. The increase in Solar Energy in the valley started to grow exponentially in the last decade. The Fresno Bee article, “Valley Solar Firms Shine …,” by Sandford Nax talks about the acceleration of solar company expansion and job creation. Sanford presents the different reasons for the solar

Energy could be defined as that raw material or resource that man needs to achieve the desired production, energy consumption being one of the great measures of the progress and welfare of a society.

Specific Speech Goal: Show the importance on why we should change our ways and convert to renewable energy.

The solar industry is divided in three main markets: the European solar thermal market, the Chinese market and the market in other world regions. The industry is segmented in two main types of solar thermal collectors, which are evacuated tube collectors (80 per cent on average of the worldwide newly installed capacity in 2010) and flat plate collectors (20 per cent on average). This industry is characteristic of technology intensive industries with their central innovation: solar thermal water heating which radically reduces costs. They can also count on experimented installers. Each customer adopt and have

This report will focus on the 2010 -12 Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme (REBS) - Solar Hot water rebate and associated regulations and policy, however it is important to realise Government funding in Solar Thermal technology has not been new to Australia and looking at the

The big countries like US, Canada, Brazil, China and Germany still have the greatest renewable power generation capacity. These countries seem to rule when it comes to renewable energy source. For the first time, China’s new renewable power capacity has passed new fossil fuel and nuclear capacity. In the 2014 edition of the REN21 report it states that, while Europe and North America have become the top markets for renewable energy, other countries have seemed to pick up some of baggage and could also be the future leaders of it. REN21 has found so

In “Wind Power is Now Cheaper Than Nuclear - the Energy Revolution is Happening”, John Sauven analyzes the benefits of offshore wind energy. Alongside bringing in more investments from external nations, switching to offshore wind power will establish more jobs. Sauven compares the cost of nuclear power to the cost of offshore wind power; wind power naturally being cheaper and better for the environment. Sauven articulates that many nations and organisms will benefit from the offshore wind power finance.

In contrast, some believe that renewable energy is a key factor involved in helping the economy to grow. Many jobs are created in the manufacturing and running of renewable energy plants. The renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies created 8.5 million new jobs and $970 billion in revenue in the year 2006 (Langwith, “Renewable Energy is Economically”). The American Solar Energy Society says by 2030 it could generate up to $4.5 trillion in revenue for the U.S and create 40 million new jobs. This would represent one in every four jobs (Langwith, “Renewable Energy is Economically”). This shows how vital it is to get renewable energy companies in the U.S. It is important to build a stable economy again and do it all while helping the environment.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) measures what fraction of the world’s energy comes from renewable sources in Energy

In the world that we live, the prospects for renewable energy will increase in the European union as a whole, and in the UK in particular, in the coming decades. Renewable energy sources are already providing a significant proportion of the world’s primary energy, and it is likely to be providing a much greater proportion of the world’s energy by the second half of the 21th century. The European Union countries may do something to increase 20% of all energy from Renewable sources by 2020 to the society.This essay will outline the benefits and limitations of two common renewable energy sources, then, it will discuss how the topic suggestion is realistic in the UK context, and finally, what need to be done to increase renewable energy to 20%

Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat—which are renewable (naturally replenished). Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, hydroelectricity/micro hydro, biomass and biofuels for transportation.