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Power for All Distributed Renewable Energy Job Report Sees Strong Post-Pandemic Growth

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NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report; supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The industry's most comprehensive emerging markets employment census shows increased demand for DRE solutions is creating hundreds of thousands of formal and informal jobs. The sector is becoming a major employment engine, especially in remote rural areas in emerging and developing economies where poverty and unemployment levels are high.  In addition it is helping achieve universal electricity access while supporting the world's transition to clean energy.

Key Points: 
  • The Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) sector is a major source of stable employment with an estimated 374,000 jobs across Africa and 80,000 in India.
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report; supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation.
  • Kenya's estimated 50,000 jobs, greatly outnumber those of Kenya Power (KPLC), the nation's utility-scale power provider, with its 7,000 workers1.
  • Power for All is a global coalition campaigning to accelerate the end of energy poverty by scaling distributed renewable energy solutions.

Power for All Distributed Renewable Energy Job Report Sees Strong Post-Pandemic Growth

Retrieved on: 
Monday, September 19, 2022
People, United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Workforce, Employment, Gaps, Ashden, COVID-19, Woman, DRE, CLASP, NEW, Power to All Our Friends, United Nations, Face, Growth, Norm (mathematics), Kenya Power and Lighting Company, Rockefeller Foundation, CEEW, Government, AMDA, C&I, Electricity, Energy, SHS, All, Female, Solution, Focus, KPLC, Unemployment, Poverty, Parity, Renewable energy, Construction, Textile, Creative industries, Food delivery, ShortList

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report; supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The industry's most comprehensive emerging markets employment census shows increased demand for DRE solutions is creating hundreds of thousands of formal and informal jobs. The sector is becoming a major employment engine, especially in remote rural areas in emerging and developing economies where poverty and unemployment levels are high.  In addition it is helping achieve universal electricity access while supporting the world's transition to clean energy.

Key Points: 
  • The Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) sector is a major source of stable employment with an estimated 374,000 jobs across Africa and 80,000 in India.
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power for All, the global campaign to end energy poverty, today released its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs report; supported by GET.invest, Good Energies Foundation, and The Rockefeller Foundation.
  • Kenya's estimated 50,000 jobs, greatly outnumber those of Kenya Power (KPLC), the nation's utility-scale power provider, with its 7,000 workers1.
  • Power for All is a global coalition campaigning to accelerate the end of energy poverty by scaling distributed renewable energy solutions.