2017 represents a watershed year for the Australian renewable energy industry, and this means jobs. With around 4.42 GW of large scale projects currently under construction, more than 15,000 people are being put to work.
The results were published today by Green Energy Markets in its Renewable Energy Index December 2017 report.
Of the 4.42 GW total, over 1.8 GW of large scale solar projects are currently being built, employing around 4,400 people.
The global market is diversifying, but large countries still dominate.
China, the U.S., India and Japan will continue to dominate demand in 2018, but their share of overall global market will shrink from 82 percent in 2017 to 72 percent in 2018. The number of countries installing 1 gigawatt or more annually will grow from nine to 14 over the course of these two years.
The U.S. is diversifying, too.
New data from an authority shows that 18 U.S. states will install 1 gigawatt or more of PV between 2018 and 2022.
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