可再生能源与就业年度回顾2016Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2016

IRENA估计，2015年全球可再生能源就业增长5%，达到810万。另有130万人受雇于大型水电工程。尽管就业增长较前几年有所放缓，但全球可再生能源行业的就业总人数仍在增长，与能源行业整体劳动力市场低迷形成了鲜明对比。可再生能源就业人数最多的国家是中国、巴西、美国、印度、日本和德国。就业岗位继续向亚洲转移，亚洲在全球就业中的比例上升到60%。太阳能光伏是全球最大的可再生能源雇主，拥有280万个工作岗位，比2014年增长11%。日本和美国的太阳能光伏产业就业增长，中国企稳，欧盟持续下降。

IRENA estimates that global renewable energy employment increased by 5%  in 2015 to reach 8.1 million. An additional 1.3 million people are employed in large hydropower. While the growth in jobs slowed down compared to previous years, the total number of jobs in renewables worldwide continued to rise, in stark contrast with depressed labour markets in the broader energy sector. Countries with the highest number of renewable energy jobs were China, Brazil, the United States, India, Japan and Germany. Jobs continued to shift towards Asia and the share of the continent in global employment increased to 60%. Solar PV was the largest renewable energy employer with 2.8 million jobs worldwide, an 11% increase over 2014. Solar PV employment grew in Japan and the United States, stabilised in China, and continued decreasing in the European Union.