page_title: Green job
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Green job / By country / Japan
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Middelgrundens Vindmøllepark (40 MW) i Øresund Deutsch: Der Middelgrunden Offshore Windpark mit einer Leistung von 40&#160;MW im dänischen Öresund English: Middelgrunden offshore wind farm (40 MW) observed in Øresund Français&#160;: Le champs d'éoliennes offshore de Middelgrunden, dans l'Øresund. L'écartement entre deux éoliennes est de 180 m. Cette photo est exceptionnelle car il est rare de voir une mer d'huile dans le détroit, qui est venté, d'où la présence d'éoliennes. Suomi: Middlegrunden merituulivoimalapuisto Öresundissa, noin 3.5 km Tanskan pääkaupungin Kööpenhaminan ulkopuolella. Svenska: Middelgrundens vindmöllepark (40 MW) i Öresund Tiếng Việt: Bãi tuốc bin gió Middelgrunden ngoài eo biển Øresund, Đan Mạch. Bãi tuốc bin gió này được xây dựng năm 2000 và vận hành từ năm 2001, với 20 tuốc bin gió với tổng công suất 40 MW, cung cấp khoảng 4% điện năng cho thành phố Copenhagen.
context_page_description: Green jobs or green-collared jobs are, according to the United Nations Environment Program, "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development, administrative, and service activities that contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. Specifically, but not exclusively, this includes jobs that help to protect ecosystems and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials, and water consumption through high efficiency strategies; de-carbonize the economy; and minimize or altogether avoid generation of all forms of waste and pollution." The environmental sector has the dual benefit of mitigating environmental challenges as well as helping economic growth.
  Green jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are classified as, "jobs in business that produce goods or services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources" or "jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources".
context_section_description: The Thought Leadership Series by the Copenhagen Climate Council published a report in 2009, stating that Japanese solar PV manufacturers represent 26% of the global market and that the solar industry is able to operate without dependence on subsidies. According to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency, Japanese Solar PV jobs increased by 28% in 2014. In 2016, Japan was listed as the third largest employer of solar PV jobs with 377,100 workers, based on direct and indirect labor. In terms of renewable energy, Japan employs 3,000 jobs in liquid biofuels, 5,000 jobs in wind power, 700 jobs in solar cooling and heating, and 2,000 jobs in geothermal energy. In 2018 Japan's slowing economy meant that employment in the solar pv industry fell from 302 000 in 2016 to an estimated 272 000 jobs in 2017.
caption: Wind turbine service technicians are projected to continue to be the fastest growing profession in the United States between 2017 and 2024
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