SolarPower Europe's October 7 release says solar and battery storage supported 982,000 jobs in the European Union in 2025. Its EU Solar Jobs Report 2026 estimates 874,000 solar jobs and a further 108,000 battery storage jobs. The combined figure is close to one million, not one million new vacancies. The industry association reports solar employment growth of 1% in 2025, compared with 0.5% growth in overall EU employment. Those are growth rates for the same year, not percentage-point changes in unemployment or evidence that every solar employer is hiring. Deployment activities account for around 85% of solar employment in the report. Utility-scale solar employment reached 50.2% of the solar total, slightly ahead of rooftop solar for the first time in the report series. These shares describe the estimated workforce, not the share of advertised entry-level jobs. The report adds a dedicated battery storage employment assessment for the first time. It covers manufacturing, deployment, operations and maintenance, and end-of-life activities. Storage jobs and solar jobs should remain separate when describing the kinds of work involved. The association says operations and maintenance employment rose as the installed solar fleet expanded, while manufacturing faced factory closures, global overcapacity and international competition. It also projects declining solar employment by 2030 under the current market trajectory. That projection is conditional, not a known future employment count. For workers and training providers, the report points to the importance of installation, maintenance, apprenticeships and reskilling. It does not supply a verified vacancy list, enrollment dates, wages, licensing eligibility or job guarantees. The source is an industry association's report, and its policy recommendations should not be presented as enacted training benefits.