The renewable energy sector in Spain employs 68,737 workers, according to the 'Study on employment associated with the promotion of renewable energies in Spain 2010', prepared by the Trade Union Institute of Work, Environment and Health (ISTAS), commissioned by the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDEA) and which was released on Thursday.
The study has been presented in Huesca by the sociologist and researcher of ISTAS, Guillermo Arregui, and the head of Environment of CC.OO. Aragon, Luis Clarimon, and it is an estimated x-ray of employment in the renewable energy sector. It has been carried out from surveys of 2,274 companies in the sector, with expert opinions and case studies of nine companies. To the 68,737 direct jobs should be added another 44,758 indirect, so that the total employment in the sector amounts to 113,227 jobs.
Some 44.6 per cent of jobs come from the wind sector. In second place is solar photovoltaic, which accounts for 28.4 percent of employment, and solar thermal, with 9.8 percent. The rest of the subsectors, --except biomass, which has a share close to 5 percent-- remain at low levels.
The employment generated in renewable energies is mainly focused on manufacturing, installation and, to a lesser extent, that associated with operation and maintenance. To a lesser extent they are followed by engineering, product development or innovation, among other areas.
83.7 per cent of the staff working in this sector have an indefinite contract. The rest have temporary contracts (14.1%), in training or internships (0.9%) or are self-employed (1.2%). Indefinite recruitment predominates at all levels, although it declines as professional qualifications are reduced. The average wage in the renewables sector is 52 percent higher than in the rest of the economy and 37 percent higher than the average in industrial sectors.
Most of the workers in this field are technicians or graduates, followed by middle technicians (where administrative staff have been included) and officers (skilled workers).
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Regarding gender, the representation of women is 26.6 percent. Some 64 percent of these jobs are in the Department of Administration. Others, such as promotion, marketing, sales and, to a lesser extent, project development and research, development and innovation (R + D + i), show relatively high percentages, while those directly related to production, industrial or installation, have the lowest percentages.
Luis Clarimon stressed that "there is still an important margin to improve working conditions in the renewable energy sector since 8.5 percent of the income of companies is dedicated to wages, when the average in the rest of the sectors is 12.5 percent. In addition, productivity in the renewable sector is also higher, at 395,000 euros per worker."
The study includes employment estimates for 2015 and 2020, with three possible scenarios depending on the total installed capacity in renewable energies.
In the first scenario, scenario A, the energy scenario proposed by the Government in the new National Action Plan for Renewable Energies of Spain (PANER) 2011-2020 is taken into account, which aims to reach 22.7 percent of the final energy production through renewable energies in 2020. In this situation, the study predicts that in 2015 there will be 79,485 direct jobs associated with renewable energies and 124,265 in 2020.
In a second scenario, scenario B, it is considered a more optimistic case with greater power installation of renewable energy technologies, 30 percent of final energy production, and greater energy savings and efficiency. A situation that would allow 118,242 direct jobs in 2015 and 202,764 in 2020.
In a third scenario, scenario C, the most pessimistic case is studied in which the objectives foreseen by the Government or the European directive on the generation of final energy from the government are not achieved. (EUROPA PRESS)
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