Solar Energy Employment and Requirements, 1978-1985: Summary and Highlights

摘要

This study describes the characteristics of establishments engaged in solar energy work and the number and occupational distribution of persons working in solar energy activities in 1978. The study also projects future solar manpower requirements through 1983. The scope of the study included all types of solar energy technologies and applications (space heating and cooling, water heating, industrial process heat, thermal power, ocean thermal conversion, photovoltaic conversion, wind conversion and biomass conversion), and all phases of work (research and development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution, and installation and maintenance). The data for the study were collected by a mail survey of employers engaged in solar energy activities. Questionnaires were sent to over 2800 establishments. Over 50% of those contacted responded. Detailed information was provided by 563 employers engaged in solar energy work. These employers reported the type of organization, industrial classification of their establishment, principal solar products and services, types of solar energy technologies involved, total employment and solar employment, occupations of those working in solar, number of additional solar jobs anticipated, new solar job specialities, sources of solar funding, and anticipated future commercial solar sales. Detailed results are presented and discussed. (ERA citation 05:030371)