Wind turbine maker sacks 100 workers, blaming renewable policy uncertainty

[barryqwalsh]

A major Australian wind turbine manufacturer has laid off 100 workers in what the industry said was a direct response to the uncertainty created by the government’s push to reduce the renewable energy target (RET)


Wind turbine maker sacks 100 workers blaming renewable policy uncertainty Australia news theguardian.com

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

Wind is still mostly in politician's intestinal tracts.

 

[mamooth]

Cherrypicking fallacy, focusing on 100 jobs lost in an industry employing ten of thousands.

 

[Old Rocks]

How many people are employed by the wind industry globally - GWECGWEC

Did you know that a wind turbine consists of more than 8,000 parts? Then consider how many jobs are created in the supply chain from ball bearings to fiberglass housing.

In 2012, approximately 670,000 people were employed directly or indirectly in the global wind power industry. According to Global Wind Energy Outlook 2012 moderate scenario, wind energy could generate over 2.6 million jobs globally by 2030.

In Brazil alone, 15,000 new jobs were created by the wind industry in 2012.

Jobs range from manufacturing to services and development. There is currently a shortage of skilled workers and engineers in the wind business.

And that was over two years ago, many more than that, at present.

 

[Rotagilla]

yet the rest of the world still runs on oil and coal....

 

[Treeshepherd]

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Add a garden, and a greenhouse, and an orchard, and some chickens. Shoot a deer, or a wild pig. Pick some wild mushrooms. Fish in the river. Go back home and take shelter from the wind and know that your turbine is working steadily.

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