EU green energy sector powers through one million jobs mark

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Report finds 1.14 million people employed across the sector in 2010, a 25 per cent increase on the previous year

Employment in the EU's renewable energy sector has broken through the one million mark for the first time, after the number of people working in the industry increased 25 per cent in 2010. The latest...

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