EWEA: 'Wind sector to create 250,000 jobs in the next decade'

The future of the industry was discussed by politicians and trade unionists at a high-level meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

At the end of 2009, the wind sector employed 192,000 people in Europe.

Christian Kjaer, EWEA chief executive, says: “The European Wind Energy Association expects strong growth in wind energy employment in Europe over the coming years to 280,000 by 2015 and 450,000 by 2020.

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