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According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), employment in the global renewable energy sector, including large-scale hydropower, grew by 5.
3% year-on-year to 10.
3 million.

Global employment in renewable energy increased to 10.
3 million in 2017

IRENA said in a report that in 2017, the renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs
worldwide.
China, Brazil, the United States, India, Germany and Japan remain the world's largest renewable energy employers, accounting for more than 70%
of global jobs.

"While more and more countries are reaping the socio-economic benefits of renewable energy, much of the manufacturing is taking place in relatively few countries and the domestic market is huge
.
" According to the report, 60% of renewable energy jobs are in Asia
.

IRENA Director-General Adnan Amin said the new data supports the report's analysis that decarbonizing the global energy system could boost global economic growth and create up to 28 million jobs
in the renewable energy sector by 2050.

In 2017, the solar PV industry remained the largest employer of all renewable energy technologies, accounting for about 3.
4 million jobs
.
Record 94 GW of deployed capacity was achieved in 2017, an increase of nearly 9%.

China accounts for about two-thirds of PV jobs, equivalent to 2.
2 million people, an increase of 13%
over the previous year.

In 2017, the PV industry employed 3.
4 million people

Although Japan and the United States have seen a slight decline, the two countries are the leading PV job markets
after China.
India and Bangladesh round out the top five
.
The top five markets account for about 90% of global PV jobs
.

"By providing policymakers with detailed information on the composition of renewable energy employment and skills requirements, countries can make informed decisions
on several important objectives, including education and training, industrial policy, and labor market regulations.
" Fr Ferroukhi, Head of Policy and Deputy Director of Knowledge, Policy and Finance at IRENA, said
.

Employment in the wind energy sector contracted slightly in 2017 from the previous year to 1.
15 million
.
While wind jobs are found in relatively few countries, the concentration is lower than in the solar PV sector
.
China accounts for 44% of global wind energy employment, followed by Europe and North America with 30% and 10%
respectively.
Half of the top ten countries in the world with the largest installed wind power capacity are European countries
.

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