An example is StarCluster [29], a cluster computing toolkit that supports the deployment of a batch job submission system based on Sun's Grid Engine into Amazon's EC2 cloud.
The model then calculates the installed capacity for each source of energy, the cost of deployment, expected job creation in the energy sector, and its GHG emissions (including the carbon intensity of electricity imported).
Further evaluation of job demand and deployment stress, as well as the effects of multiple deployments on health and job performance is necessary.
We aim to contribute to this aspect of GE research by looking at selected country experiences of renewable energy deployment with respect to the socio-economic goals of job creation or energy access.
Ananat et al. (2011) use plant closings as an exogenous source of job loss, and Lyle (2006) uses military deployments and job assignments during the Gulf War to study the impact of parental absences and household relocations.
The deployment of off-grid renewables directly creates jobs, and not just for the installers and those working within the renewable industry, but also for those who gain meaningful employment through industries created from newly gained access to reliable electricity supply.
Pilots had feared job losses from the deployment of the smaller planes, but they relented after US Airways offered to retain nearly 300 pilots it had threatened to furlough.
Any further delay in an announcement could have a devastating impact on investor confidence, job creation and the deployment of clean energy".
The "decision will clear the way for significant and rapid deployment of solar energy in India and can create jobs at home," said Solar Energy Industries Association spokesperson Dan Whitten.
It is particularly evocative for Kevin, he explains: his pre-Backstreet job at Disney World required the daily deployment of a Ninja Turtle costume.
