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Capacity factors and solar job creation

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We discuss two main job creation statistics often used by solar advocates to support increased solar deployment. Whilst overall solar technologies have a tendency to be labor-intensive, we find that the jobs per gigawatt hour statistic is relatively mis-leading as it has a tendency to reward technologies that have a low capacity factor. Ultimately the lower the capacity factor the more amplified the solar job creation number.

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  • Croucher, Matt, 2011. "Capacity factors and solar job creation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(11), pages 6914-6915.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:39:y:2011:i:11:p:6914-6915
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.08.060
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