Solar power could create more than 8500 new jobs in Scotland by the end of this decade, if Scottish ministers can match the “ambition” of the sector.Industry body Solar Energy Scotland released new figures showing that if its target of six gigawatts capacity of new solar power can be achieved by 2030, that is the number of jobs that could be created.And such a move would see the sector employ five times as many people as worked in Scotland’s aquaculture industry in 2020.Solar Energy Scotland has already said it is “entirely possible” that the sector’s capacity could increase by between four and six gigawatts by the end of this decade.Even growing the electricity generated from the sun by four gigawatts could see more than 5500 new jobs created, it said.The figures were revealed in new research from Solar Energy Scotland, which was published at the same time as the…
Solar Energy Scotland say 8500 jobs could be created in sector in Scotland by 2030
