{"id":57522,"date":"2022-01-04T07:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=57522"},"modified":"2022-01-04T07:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:51:23","slug":"canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra.jpg\" alt=\"Renewable energy jobs in the ACT\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising &#8211; but not so much where they are concentrated given the nature of Canberra.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Capital Territory covers an area of around 2,358 km\u00b2 and has a population of around 380,000 people. While a comparatively small region in terms of area and population, it has been a hotspot of renewable energy activity.<\/p>\n<p>Recent research by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actrenewableshub.org.au\/\">ACT Renewables Hub<\/a> &#8211; an ACT Government\/Smart Energy Council initiative &#8211; involving more than 250 separate employers revealed around 1,500 Canberrans are employed in the renewables and smart energy industry.<\/p>\n<p>So, where are the bulk of the jobs? ACT Renewables Hub notes most jobs are related to solar energy applications.<\/p>\n<p>The largest concentration of overall jobs is with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au\/\">Clean Energy Regulator<\/a>. Among its functions, the CER oversees the integrity of programs under Australia&#8217;s Renewable Energy Target, including the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. The SRES is the mechanism responsible for the national solar subsidy &#8211; the STC Scheme, which is more commonly referred to as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The Clean Energy Regulator accounts for 360 renewables\/smart energy jobs in the ACT.<\/p>\n<p>As for the other top employers in the ACT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian National University &#8211; 300<\/li>\n<li>Federal Government &#8211; 112<\/li>\n<li>ACT Government &#8211; 100<\/li>\n<li>CSIRO &#8211; 50<\/li>\n<li>Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) &#8211; 45<\/li>\n<li>Neoen &#8211; 30<\/li>\n<li>ITP Renewables &#8211; 30<\/li>\n<li>CWP Renewables &#8211;\u00a0 25<\/li>\n<li>Canberra Institute of Technology &#8211; 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Around 40% of the jobs in the ACT are Government\/Policy related, followed by 24% in Research\/Training.<\/p>\n<h2>What About Solar Installers And Retailers?<\/h2>\n<p>ACT Renewables Hub pegs the number of solar retailer and installation jobs at around 343 &#8211; 22% of the total. And there are plenty of rooftops across Canberra yet to reap the benefits of solar energy that can keep these folks busy.<\/p>\n<p>To the end of November this year, around 37,000 solar systems had been installed in Canberra and throughout the ACT. The Australian Photovoltaic Institute (APVI) estimates 24.4% of ACT homes have solar panels installed, which places the Territory around mid-way in the rankings of Australian states and territories.<\/p>\n<h2>ACT 100% Renewable Electricity Powered<\/h2>\n<p>In 2020, the ACT officially achieved its goal to source 100% of its electricity from renewables. This was achieved through contracts outside of Territory and with local medium- to large-scale generators within the Territory; including Mugga Lane Solar Park (13MW), Royalla Solar Farm (20MW) and Williamsdale Solar Farm (11MW).<\/p>\n<p>Small-scale solar power systems (&lt;100kW) installed on Canberra&#8217;s homes and businesses have also played an important role in the ACT achieving its target, with close to 200MW of capacity installed to date.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/australia\/solar-power-act\/\">home solar power in the ACT here<\/a>, and see a list of SQ-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/cities\/canberra\/\">solar installers servicing Canberra here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising &#8211; but not so much where they are concentrated given the nature of Canberra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":57523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising - but not so much where they are concentrated\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The number of people employed in smart and renewable energy related jobs in the ACT is surprising - but not so much where they are concentrated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-03T20:49:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-03T20:51:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/renewables-jobs-canberra.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Canberra A Renewable Energy Jobs Powerhouse\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-03T20:49:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-03T20:51:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-jobs-renewables-mb2301\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/renewables-jobs-canberra.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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