Sunday 25/3/2007 Page: 84
Sustainability is already a job creation factor in Australia, with the renewable energy sector alone employing more than 6100 people. According to the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, the renewable energy sector has turnover of $2 billion. The employment breakdown for the sector is 1566 in hydro-electricity, 1200 in solar hot water, 1000 in wind power, 1335 in photovoltaics, 900 in biomass energy, and 120 in geothermal and wave power projects.The number is expected to grow by at least 2000 with the help of Victoria's new renewable energy scheme, under which new renewable output will move to 10% of the State's generation capacity by 2016. The recently announced $420 million solar systems generator planned for the Mildura region will create 950 jobs during construction and provide 44 ongoing jobs when it becomes operational.
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