This week on The Energy Gang, we look at sky-high layoffs in clean energy. How do we get people back to work?
A major analysis of unemployment in the clean energy sector is showing steep job losses in April. According to E2 and BW Research, nearly 600,000 jobs were shed in energy efficiency, manufacturing, electric vehicles and clean power and fuels.
We’ve seen a 17 percent drop in the clean-energy workforce since the start of the year. Those losses amount to double the employment growth in clean energy for the last three years. It’s likely to get worse before it gets better. How much should we worry? And what sectors will come back the fastest? We’ll discuss all of that on this week’s episode of The Energy Gang.