UK energy equipment and solutions provider Schneider Electric has announced that it will invest £42 million in a manufacturing facility that will be almost triple the size of its existing Scarborough facility.
The MCS Charitable Foundation has signalled in a new report that by increasing the promotion of green apprenticeships to Gen Z, the UK could reach its net zero target.
With the UK government target of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028 fast approaching, the heat pump industry is aiming to fill skills shortages with a new apprenticeship which could be ready to start later this year.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has released a new report highlighting that the net zero transition could create in upwards of 725,000 net jobs by 2030.
A report by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has found that the UK is “unprepared” to upskill the number of people necessary to create a low carbon economy, with the average UK worker currently requiring nine weeks full-time training to upskill.
The Welsh Affairs Committee Chair Stephen Crabb has called on the UK government to outline how it intends to reach its target of generating 24GW of nuclear energy by 2050.
