The agency experts deny that U.S. clean energy jobs destroyed

The study by a professor at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, who accused the renewable energies that destroy jobs and had a great impact in the U.S. has been answered by the experts of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory U.S. (NREL, in its acronym in English). The Spanish study was used by Republicans to whip Obama and his commitment to renewable energy. Its author is Gabriel Calzada, member of the FAES Foundation and member of a school that denies climate change, was interviewed on U.S. television after concluding, contrary to most previous studies that for every job created by the renewable are left to create another 2.2 jobs. The U.S. report said that the study of Calzada has "technical limitations", "does not take into account the export potential" for renewables, is not transparent and statistics fail to support it.


The renewables sector in Spain and the Secretariat of State for Climate Change and had responded strongly to the study of Calzada. In summary, Calzada said that if all the public investment that renewables have received what they had spent much companies would have created more jobs. The report was used against Obama for his commitment to "green jobs" out of economic crisis. The U.S. president had previously encountered in Spain as a model renewable energy.

Now, experts satirize NREL on the findings of Calzada's emphasis that "create jobs for lawyers, medical costs more to create jobs for clerical and administrative professionals. used a similar argument for months the president of Wind Energy Association, Jose Donoso: "If you try to see how much each job, the State will give us all a piece of wood and a knife and make clogs. So every job comes very cheap. " The study commissioned by the Obama Administration should consider queCalzada compare job creation in renewable energy sector losdel, not all jobs.

The wind industry in Spain last year received 900 million euros in export subsidies but the amount of 2,550 million, covering 11.5% of electricity demand, avoided fossil fuel imports by 1200 million and generated 40,000 jobs, according the Wind Energy Association. U.S. experts agree that Calzada was wrong to not "have export potential," and notes that "the early Spanish investment could to capitalize on a global market for renewables, which will contribute more to the Spanish economy. Also remember that all the energy in the U.S. received grants in its early stages and are currently receiving grants.

Another point is that Calzada critics ignore that reduce dependence on foreign energy has important implications for energy and economic security, since each kilowatt produced with renewable permits less dependent on imported oil or gas.