31/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – The deployment of 'clean' energy technologies in the coal regions of the European Union has a “remarkable potential” in terms of job creation, according to a new report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), published on Wednesday 29 January. The report estimates that more than half of the EU's coal regions could compensate for the job losses induced by the energy transition by creating up to 315,000 jobs in total by 2030 and up to 460,000 by 2050. While around 200,000 people in the EU are employed in the coal sector, clean energy investments in coal regions can benefit from the availability of existing infrastructure, land, skills and industrial assets. "Most coal regions have a remarkable potential for clean energy", says Zoi Kapetaki, the main author of the report. To view the report: https://bit.ly/2UcMTPK (DG)