This rumour was spread from an illegitimate study done in Spain, not supported by the Spanish government, funded ultimately by oil money, and has come to be known as the infamous “Spanish jobs study”. The study included several faulty assumptions and weak DATA which it used to claim that for the AMOUNT of money invested by the Spanish government in wind and solar energy projects, that a certain number of jobs were created, and that a multiple of other jobs were displaced from other industries (eg: coal and nuclear jobs).

There was no data to support these claims though, and the Spanish government went on public record saying that the study was unfounded and false. The Spanish market has seen a substantial net increase in EMPLOYMENT because of their renewable energy laws, and it is simply untrue to say otherwise. The US government and several others have since disproven the study repeatedly, and REITERATED that this study is false. Even still, this false study has been circulated widely in anti-wind and anti-solar lobby groups across North America, several of whom have received support funding from Exon and other EQUALLY questionable sources. Similarly false claims abound about Italy, which is now one of the top three European countries in the renewable energy industries, and has enjoyed steady net job growth. Still further claims (equally false)

This rumour was spread from an illegitimate study done in Spain, not supported by the Spanish government, funded ultimately by oil money, and has come to be known as the infamous “Spanish jobs study”. The study included several faulty assumptions and weak data which it used to claim that for the amount of money invested by the Spanish government in wind and solar energy projects, that a certain number of jobs were created, and that a multiple of other jobs were displaced from other industries (eg: coal and nuclear jobs).

There was no data to support these claims though, and the Spanish government went on public record saying that the study was unfounded and false. The Spanish market has seen a substantial net increase in employment because of their renewable energy laws, and it is simply untrue to say otherwise. The US government and several others have since disproven the study repeatedly, and reiterated that this study is false. Even still, this false study has been circulated widely in anti-wind and anti-solar lobby groups across North America, several of whom have received support funding from Exon and other equally questionable sources. Similarly false claims abound about Italy, which is now one of the top three European countries in the renewable energy industries, and has enjoyed steady net job growth. Still further claims (equally false)