Jobs related to renewables will grow by 170% in the next 10 years

Renewable employment

If you are interested in preparing for one of the jobs of the future, surely this news will interest you, since you are at the best time to specialize in a profession that it will be very needed from now on as we know today from American sources.

In the United States, those who are in jobs related to the energy industry account for up to 8 percent of all the personnel that the country needs in all types of jobs. One of the big contrasts to the decline in jobs in the coal and oil industries is renewables, which are expected to grow by 170% in terms of hiring for the next decade as the nation hits the 25% mark in renewables.

Some energy companies are starting to follow the economies behind renewables, mainly because you do not have to pay a supplier and deal with all kinds of logistics for transportation for what is solar, wind and hydroelectric.

In general terms, jobs related to renewable energy should triple by 2017 according to several industry analysts. Those include positions related to power supply for solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass and geothermal production methods, as well as personnel for transmission, construction and support.

Much of this growth it is due to state mandates requiring a certain percentage of energy from renewable sources (California requires 33% of all electricity generated to come from renewables by 2020) and subsidies by the federal government

Even with low oil and gas prices, renewable energy appears to be growing at a very healthy rate in the United States. If the prices of the fossil fuels keep increasing close to 2008 levels in the future, renewable energy expansion could grow at an even higher rate.


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