The week in charts

The Week in Charts

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Image description:
A pair of square-area pie charts show the estimated increased demand for workers needed to develop, construct, and operate wind and solar assets in the EU from 2020 to 2030. For 2020, 290,000 full-time personnel are required, and by 2030, an estimated 990,000 will be needed. The charts are further segmented into blue-collar vs white-collar jobs and then into operations and maintenance vs development and construction. By 2030, the largest number of jobs will be in operations and maintenance, including 445,000 blue-collar jobs and 285,000 white-collar jobs.
Footnote 1: Estimate based on current and expected build-out and full-time-equivalent workers per gigawatt estimates, based on different publications from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); learning rates have not been applied. 
Footnote 2: Practical workers (eg, construction workers, technicians, ship crew, and operators). 
Footnote 3: Remaining workers (eg, electrical, industrial, mechanical, and telecommunication engineers; and safety and regulation experts, financial analysts, and lawyers). 
Source: Renewable energy benefits: Measuring the economics, IRENA, Jan 2016; McKinsey Global Energy Perspective, 2022, accelerated transition scenario.
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