The Impact of Renewable Energy Production on Employment
The Impact of Renewable Energy Production on Employment

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the executed research is to determine the influence of harvesting renewable energy on the la-bour market. Eurostat Databases provided a source of empirical data concerning the amount of producedenergy. The number of the employed and the performance of the installed equipment were determinedthanks to reports drafted by EurObserv’ER or International Renewable Energy Agency. The followingsectors were considered: solid biofuels, biogas, liquid biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, municipal waste,solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind power. The research concerned 28 member states of the EUbetween 2009 and 2015. Such a scope was established due to significant changes on the renewable energymarket triggered by the Climate and Energy Package passed by the European Parliament and the Councilof the European Union. The number of the working people (directly in the enterprises operating in thefield of producing raw energy materials and energy from renewable sources, as well as providing equip-ment and services within this field) in relation to 1 000 tonnes of oil equivalent of the primary energyobtained in particular sectors of renewable energy sources was used as the performance indicator. Panelestimation was used as means of empirical indication of relations between the variables.

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