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Private Sector | Multi State - India | PID: 203415
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By almost all accounts, Europe needs 1 million solar professionals for meeting its installation targets by 2025. It barely has 800,000 skilled workers, leading to not just a skills shortage but also rising costs of installations. Industry bodies ranging from Solar Power Europe, to SEIA in the US have all flagged manpower as a key concern for meeting targets, hinting at a key trend of solar jobs. Add to that the growing manufacturing ambitions across all key markets, and you have a perfect recipe for a skills shortage that just can’t be filled domestically. From less than 20 GW till 2022, these markets including India are looking to add 140 GW of manufacturing between 2024 and 2028, across the solar supply chain, based on individual approvals given already.
Solar Power Europe has gone as far as advocating for integrating solar requirements in EU Immigration policies, besides encouraging intra-EU movement of skilled labour of course.
Keep in mind that even in India, solar jobs like in the manufacturing sector remain a huge challenge, with no possibility of relief for some time, as more and more plants start operations. The denial of visas to Chinese technicians has already been flagged as a major issue affecting timelines
| Updated on: 19 - Sep - 2024
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