India Stands Fourth In Creating New Clean Energy Jobs In Past Three Years: Report

New Delhi, Nov 17 (KNN) India saw the fourth-highest number of new clean energy jobs being created in the past three years, according to the World Energy Employment Report of the International Energy Association.

As per the report, the clean energy sector in many regions of the world has surpassed the fossil fuel industry in terms of job creation post-pandemic. The global employment in the energy sector grew by 3.4 million over pre-pandemic levels to 67 million in 2022.

“Clean energy sectors added 4.7 million jobs globally over the same period and stand at 35 million, while fossil fuels jobs recovered more slowly after layoffs in 2020 and remain around 1.3 million below pre-pandemic employment levels, at 32 million," said the report.

The report mentioned five major sectors of the energy industry that led to maximum job creation post-pandemic. These sectors were solar PV, wind, electric vehicles (EVs) and battery manufacturing, heat pumps, and critical minerals mining. These five sectors employed around 9 million workers till now. Out of all the sectors Solar PV emerged as the largest of the sectors with around 4 million jobs. On the other hand, the manufacturing of EVs and their batteries was the largest source of growth.

Many of the new jobs are in construction and manufacturing, which represent over half of the energy jobs today and have grown by 2.6 million jobs since 2019.

There has been an increase in the number of jobs created by the clean energy sector nearly in every region of the world. In contrast, there was a decline in job creation in the fossil fuel industry in many regions of the globe. 

However, in India, Indonesia, and the Middle East, there was also a rise in fossil fuel employment above 2019 levels, highlighted the report. 

In China, there was a significant rise in the energy workforce employed in clean sectors. Today, 60 per cent of China’s energy workforce is employed in clean sectors, compared to just over 50 per cent in 2019, said the report. 

At present, China's clean energy manufacturing sectors generate around 3 million employees, majorly in solar PV and EV battery manufacturing jobs.

(KNN Bureau)