Energy Blue Print
Archive 2010

Moving from principles to action for energy supply that mitigates against climate change requires a long-term perspective. Energy infrastructure takes time to build up; new energy technologies take time to develop. Policy shifts often also need many years to take effect. In most world regions the transformation from fossil to renewable energies will require additional investment and higher supply costs over about twenty years

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employment effects

The Energy [R]evolution scenarios lead to more energy sector jobs in the Middle East at every stage of the projection.

  • There are 430,000 power sector jobs in the Energy [R]evolution scenario and 540,000 in the advanced version by 2015, compared to 370,000 in the Reference scenario.
  • By 2020 job numbers reach over half a million in both Energy [R]evolution scenarios, 150,000 more than in the Reference scenario.
  • By 2030 job numbers climb slightly in the Energy [R]evolution scenario to nearly 560,000, (750,000 in the advanced version) and reach 510,000 in the Reference scenario.

Table 6.12 shows the increase in job numbers under both Energy [R]evolution scenarios for each technology up to 2020 and up 2030. Both scenarios show losses in the oil & gas sector, but these are outweighed by employment growth in renewable technologies and gas. Concentrated solar power shows particularly strong growth in both Energy [R]evolution scenarios by 2020, but by 2030 there is significant employment across a range of renewable technologies.

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