Jobs in all renewables receded to 371,400 in 2013 from 399,800 in 2012, according to a study by the German institute for economic research DIW and others that was commissioned by the ministry for economics and energy.

In PV, jobs plunged to 56,000 from 100,300 a year earlier, while they fell to 11,400 in solar thermal from 12,200 before, and to 1,100 from 1,400 in solar thermal power plants.

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