 This is an increase of around 8 percent compared to 2009 (around 339,500 jobs), and well over twice the number of jobs in 2004 (160,500).About two-thirds of these jobs are attributed to the Renewable Energy Sources Act

In the first half of 2012 25.1% of Germany's electricity supply was produced from renewable energy sources, more than the electricity generated by nuclear power stations.In end of 2011, the cumulative installed total of renewable power was 65.7GW.