This is our second year publishing a list of websites posting solar jobs and renewable jobs. We’ve rounded the list to our top 20 picks for 2010-2011. It’s evident that we are in the midst of a transition from old methods of power generation to sustainable alternatives. Global energy needs can be met with renewable energy solutions and as this is realized many new jobs are being created each year. The changes are so rapid in fact it becomes challenging to clearly see the magnitude and pace of the transition, but an energy revolution is no doubt underway. The quiet, steady change has been forged more thoughtfully and quickly thanks largely to accessibility provided by the Internet. We have never been at a place that lends itself such access to the international cooperation of science, technology and leadership to solve our collective energy needs, as we are today.

Presently (based on 2010 statistics) renewables comprise an astonishing ¼ of our global energy supply from all sources, including heat and transportation. The geography of this new energy market is radically changing the energy market’s power base with the strongest manufacturing leadership seen in China, India and South Korea. Collectively developing countries have more than ½ of current global renewable power capacity. The U.S. and Brazil account for 90% of global ethanol production as of early 2010. Also during the past 5 years (2005-2010) global wind capacity grew 27% annually, solar hot water 19% annually, and ethanol production 20% annually. In early 2010 there were an estimated 3 million jobs worldwide in renewable energy industries, not including indirect related jobs. Grid-connected solar PV alone has grown by a staggering average of 60% every year for the past decade (2000-2010).*

Share this list with friends or bookmark this page for future reference. If you know of a great renewable energy job site you don’t see here let us know and we’ll consider adding it. Spencer Ogden Renewables, World Energy Media and ACCIONA are new this year. Repower America has started a campaign to create clean energy jobs, check out their link below.

• ENF Solar & PV Jobs (Global Job Board)
• JobsinPV
• World Energy Media-Energy Jobs
• Spencer Ogden Renewables
• Green Energy Jobs
• SEIA – Solar Energy Industries Association
  
• SolarPlaza
• Sustain Jobs
• SolarJobs
• Acre
• Energy Central Jobs
• GreenJobs
• Treehugger
• Bright Green Talent
• ASES GreenStart Job Board
• Renewable Energy World – Jobs
• EcoHearth
• Green Jobs Network
• Green Jobs and Career Network on Linkedin
• Renewable Energy Jobs
• ACCIONA

More sites contributed by one of our readers:

• JobsinSolarPower
• GreenJobSpider

One Energy Training school we would like to mention is RENAC- Renewables Academy. RENAC training is demand-oriented. They accept a wide client base including companies in the renewable energy industry, policy-makers, energy professionals, students or community organizations for example. Based in Berlin, they work internationally. To learn more about training opportunities, online learning or climate and energy concerns visit our Energy Partners, Online Communities and Resources Page.

Repower America is asking for your participation. Join them to help create alternative energy jobs for Americans, to learn about clean energy in the U.S. and be part of the solution. Visit them online and get involved. Repower America.

*source: REN21-global 2010 Renewable Energy Status Report

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