According to a study by job site Indeed, there has been a surge in interest for jobs in the renewable energy sector in India, with the solar energy sector leading with an increase of 76 per cent in the number of job searches between October 2014 and October 2017. With the introduction of the government’s scheme for the development of solar parks in December 2014, various parts of India have seen the installation of solar plants, making the solar energy sector account for one of the highest generation capacities in the Indian electricity grid.
Presently, with the Centre's focus on renewable energy as a key aspect of its agenda, the industry is at the forefront in adopting and promoting the latest energy efficient tools and technologies. This bodes well for the ecology and the economy, and with a structured approach to policy implementation, the sector holds the potential to emerge as the foremost sunrise industry in the country.
In recent years, India’s increasing efforts towards the expansion of renewable energy have led to a substantial increase in solar power generation, through the setting up of several solar parks and solar power projects. In 2017, India saw its solar power generation capacity cross 21.5 billion units of electricity. At the same time, there has been an increase in job searches for solar design engineers by 404 per cent, solar project engineers by 332 per cent and solar electrical engineers by 169 per cent between October 2014 and October 2017.
Incidentally, the wind energy sector, which is largely complementary to solar in India, saw only a 28 per cent increase in the number of job searches during the same time period.