Putting Renewables to Work
Title | Putting Renewables to Work PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel M. Kammen |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 28 |
Release | 2008-11 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1437907245 |
The New Apollo Energy Project, by coordinating public and private policies and investments, provides the vision for a cleaner, domestically-based, and more secure 21st century energy system. This report provides an invaluable comparison of the many recent studies that show how a shift towards clean energy technologies will result in significant job creation. These studies confirm that supporting renewable and efficient energy systems will create more American jobs than would a comparable investment in traditional fossil fuel based systems. Moreover, an investment agenda in emerging clean energy technologies would also reduce our foreign trade deficit and reestablish the U.S. as a leader in this growing international market. Illustrations.
Jobs Impact of Green Energy
Title | Jobs Impact of Green Energy PDF eBook |
Author | Jaden Kim |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 2022-05-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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This brief paper accompanies the Green Energy and Jobs tool, which is a simple excel-based tool to estimate the job-creation potential of greening the electricity sector. Specifically, it calculates the net job gains or losses from increasing the level of energy efficiency, and from increasing the share of clean and renewable electricity generation in the total electricity output mix. The tool relies on estimates of job multipliers in the literature, and adds evidence from firm-level data on the job-intensity of different energy sources. The paper illustrates applications of the tool using data from the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario compared to business-as-usual. This tool is intended to help country teams engage further on climate change issues in bilateral surveillance.
Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2020
Title | Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2020 PDF eBook |
Author | International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA |
Publisher | International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2019-06-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9292602667 |
The sixth edition of the series highlights employment trends in renewables worldwide, noting increasing diversification of the supply chain.
Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2019
Title | Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2019 PDF eBook |
Author | International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA |
Publisher | International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 2019-06-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9292602624 |
The sixth edition of the series highlights employment trends in renewables worldwide, noting increasing diversification of the supply chain.
The False Promise of Green Energy
Title | The False Promise of Green Energy PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew P. Morriss |
Publisher | Cato Institute |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1935308416 |
Green energy promises an alluring future---more jobs in a cleaner environment. We will enjoy a new economy driven by clean electricity, less pollution, and, of course, the gratitude of generations to come. There's just one problem: the lack of credible evidence that any of that can occur. --
Clean Energy and Jobs
Title | Clean Energy and Jobs PDF eBook |
Author | James P. Barrett |
Publisher | |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
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Renewable Electricity Generation
Title | Renewable Electricity Generation PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Zycher |
Publisher | AEI Press |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2011-11-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0844772232 |
This volume examines the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation-particularly wind and solar power-as a substitute for conventional fuels such as coal and natural gas. Economist Benjamin Zycher evaluates the central arguments in favor of policies that would make way for broader use of renewables and concludes that all are deeply problematic. "Renewable" energy sources are not superior in cost to conventional fuels; nor are they less taxing on the environment. The popular argument that increased use of renewables will create "green jobs" is likewise a fallacy-because wind and solar power are costly and inefficient, the net economic impact is a negative one. Zycher concludes that resource-use behaviors emerging from market competition are the best guides to effective, sustainable energy policies.