Renewable Energy: Made in Britain ‘Renewable Energy: Made in Britain,’ a ground-breaking new report from the REA and Innovas, leaders in the low carbon economy field, was launched earlier this year. This report marks the first time that the turnover and employment figures of the entire UK renewables sector have been quantified and brought together in one place. The report finds that in 2010/11, the UK renewables industry was worth £12.5 billion and supported 110,000 jobs, with 400,000 in total required to meet the 2020 renewables targets.
Renewable energy: made in BRitain Jobs, turnover and policy framework by technology (2012 assessment)
The report also reveals: The overall increase in market value from 2009/10 to 2010/11 was 11% - outstripping economic growth over the same period (1.4%) by a factor of eight; Meeting our renewable energy targets would displace fossil fuels with a cumulative value of £60 billion to 2020, giving a significant boost to the UK’s balance of trade.
These findings came just days after the European Commission identified the green economy as a “key sector” offering “important job creation potential,” with renewables alone claimed to provide up to 3 million jobs across the EU to 2020. The report makes it clear that the UK is facing challenges on several fronts, but that taking a joined-up approach which treats all of these problems together will create the single most important economic opportunity of this generation.
Smart Money is on Renewables The United Nations Environment Programme revealed in June that renewable energy investment around the world has reached record levels despite widespread economic malaise. REA Head of External Affairs Leonie Greene comments: “Our recent report ‘Renewable Energy: Made in Britain’ quantified the big benefits that renewables are already bringing to UK plc. in terms of jobs and investment revenues. The UK urgently needs to develop a rounded
understanding of renewables investment, looking at benefits, not just costs. Failure to wake up to the vast opportunities and get fully behind the domestic industry will leave us lagging even further behind our international competitors.” “If Government is looking for a road out of the economic doldrums, it could hardly do better than strengthening our position in this booming global market.”
SOURCE: Renewable Energy Association: www.r-e-a.net, Renewable energy: Made in Britain: http://bit.ly/I5XHC7
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