Victoria's renewable energy boom set to create thousands of jobs
by Calla Wahlquist from Environment | The Guardian on (#3ZXY4)
Green Energy Markets predicts more than 6,000 annual jobs will be created but urges federal policy intervention
The renewable energy construction boom in Victoria is on track to create more than 6,000 annual jobs, according to a new analysis.
As of August 2018, large-scale wind and solar projects under construction in Victoria had created 5,169 job years of employment - meaning one person working full time for one year - overtaking Queensland with 5,156, according to an analysis by Green Energy Markets released by GetUp on Tuesday.
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