IEA: Clean energy jobs boom faces looming skills crunch

Cecilia Keating
clock • 3 min read
IEA: Clean energy jobs boom faces looming skills crunch

There were 4.7 million more people employed in clean energy in 2022 than in 2019, according to latest data from influential organisatoin

The number of people employed in the energy sector is growing fast, as demand for solar, wind, and other clean energy technologies has soared in all regions of the world. Data published this morning...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Cecilia Keating
Author spotlight

Cecilia Keating

View profile
More from Cecilia Keating

We need the transition to a low-carbon economy to reverse historic injustices

Why the Women in Green Business Awards is more important than ever

More on Skills

LinkedIn: People may not realise the skills they have could support climate action
Skills

LinkedIn: People may not realise the skills they have could support climate action

LinkedIn's head of workforce and climate policy partnerships, Efrem Bycer, assesses the complex supply and demand dynamic for green talent and reveals how sustainability professionals are landing jobs in unexpected places

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 12 November 2025 • 12 min read
WSP's Nina Vidon: 'Being a female engineer feels really isolating sometimes'
Skills

WSP's Nina Vidon: 'Being a female engineer feels really isolating sometimes'

Women in Green Business Awards 2025: Nina Vidon explains how being named Clean Energy Professional of the Year follows her career shift from oil and gas to renewable industry

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 12 November 2025 • 2 min read
The Electric Car Scheme's Mas Morton: 'Let your 'why' shine through'
Skills

The Electric Car Scheme's Mas Morton: 'Let your 'why' shine through'

Women in Green Business Awards 2025: Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year, Mas Morton, reflects on the 'exciting' ways sustainability and equity are finally coming together

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 11 November 2025 • 2 min read