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Employment potential of emerging renewable energy technologies: Insights from the floating solar industry

This issue brief explores the employment potential across project deployment cycles in the Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FPV) sector, an area that presents India with immense opportunities for its clean energy transition. Based on surveys and interviews with manufacturers, developers and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service providers, it generates insights on operation strategies, organisational structure and employed workforce at a project level. It also makes several recommendations to aid the growth of FPV technology in India.