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Photovoltaics for generation of electricity from sunlight has the highest growth rate among the competing forms of renewable energy and has now begun to achieve grid parity in some regions. If these trends of investments continue, solar energy will play a major economic role. We analyse these developments and assess the ensuing amounts of investment and employment for a range of sizes of the sector of solar energy. We find that by 2050 electricity from photovoltaics could cover up to 90 percent of total global energy demand, with a then global capital investment in our main scenario in photovoltaic manufacturing capacity at $ 500 billion by around 2030 and $ 1,500 billion by 2050. Employment in photovoltaic manufacturing is predicted to rise to 6 million by 2050. 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