These are the top sectors for jobs in the renewable energy industry

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These are the top sectors for jobs in renewable energy

Eleven million people worked in renewable energy in 2018, according to recent analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Eleven million people worked in renewable energy in 2018, according to recent analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency . This represents an increase of 700,000 compared to 2017, when 10.3 million people worked in the sector. IRENA said the offshore sector "could be an especially attractive option for leveraging domestic capacity and exploiting synergies with the oil and gas industry."Employing more than 2 million people in 2018, hydropower places third in the list.

According to IRENA's report, over 70% of hydropower jobs were in the operations and maintenance sector, while construction and installation contributed 23% of its workforce.An engineer shows a sample of biodiesel at the industrial complex of the Louis Dreyfus Company in General Lagos, Santa Fe province, Argentina on September 13, 2017. After a stoppage of one month, Argentina's biodiesel exports restart with the European market, Spain in particular, as buyer. Argentina can produce 4.

 

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