In developing countries and regions, solar LED lighting is increasingly replacing candles, firewood, kerosene lamps and other traditional use of fuel lighting, which brings a huge energy saving and environmental benefits. Not only that, American researchers have found that this trend can also stimulate local economic development, is expected to create about 2 million jobs worldwide. 

Dr. Evan Mills, an energy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has completed a global analysis of how the transition to solar LED lighting will affect employment and job opportunities. He focused on the world's 274 million of the lack of electricity supply in the family of the most impoverished 112 million. These families, mainly in Africa and Asia, are not connected to the grid and can not afford solar power equipment, so they are suitable for use with solar LED lighting. 

According to the global LED lighting industry market depth survey and 2014-2018 investment development analysis report data show that Mills recently in the "sustainable development of energy" bimonthly website published research reports that solar energy to replace fossil fuels for lighting, thus Creating more job opportunities than lost jobs. 

According to the Mills survey, including lighting candles, wicks, kerosene and other supplies, including fossil fuel-based lighting industry in the global support of about 150,000 jobs. And every 10,000 people who can not get power from the grid to use solar LED lights, the local solar LED lighting industry will need to create 38 jobs. According to this calculation, the current increase in employment due to solar LED lighting and fossil fuel lighting provided by the job opportunities. And to fully meet the 112 million families of solar LED lighting needs, but also need to add about 2 million jobs, which is far more than fuel-based lighting market may lose job opportunities. 

The report also said that the quality of new jobs will be greatly improved. In the supply of fuel for lighting, filled with black market transactions, cross-border kerosene smuggling and the use of child labor, these work is unstable, the fuel itself is toxic. In contrast, solar LED lighting industry to create employment opportunities legitimate, healthy, relatively stable and fixed. 

The report also said that the use of solar LED lighting may also be through indirect employment, energy savings and then spend money to improve the working environment, improve the cultural level of employment, etc., to create more job opportunities and employment income.