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Gross employment from renewable energy in Germany in 2009 - a first estimate

Employment attributable to the renewable energy sector in Germany has continued to rise during the last couple of years. The 2008 version of this report estimated gross employment in the RE sector to be 278,000. Gross employment refers to the number of people employed directly in the manufacturing, operation or main-tenance of renewable energy facilities or the supply of fuel for them, as well as to people indirectly employed as a result of the demand of these activities for supplies of goods and services. This current report updates these considerations and estimates and depicts gross employment for 2009. This is done in the context of an on-going study commissioned by the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) on the short- and long-term impacts of the expansion of renewable energy on the labor market.