Employment Opportunities in the Renewable Energy Industry

By Renewable Energy Generators of Australia

Internationally, governments are recognising the enormous potential of the renewable industry to grow jobs and facilitate export markets, especially in regional areas.

"Across a broad range of scenarios, the renewable energy sector generates more jobs per average megawatt of power installed and per unit of energy produced, than the fossil fuel based energy sector".

Australian Employment Opportunities

• The Australian sustainable energy industry is growing at around 10% per annum and

national sales are estimated to be worth $3.8 billion per annum;2

• Direct employment levels in the renewable energy industry across Australia increased by: 25 percent between 1999-00 and 2000-01; and Approximately 18 percent between 2000-01 and 2002-03.