green skills gap

Energy secretary Ed Miliband visiting GB Energy's Aberdeen headquarters last year.
April 8, 2025

Government to train ‘clean power army’

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has announced a plan to create thousands of new apprenticeships in the clean energy industry as part of the government's Plan For Change.
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March 4, 2025

Solving the green skills gap: the need for links between education and industry

In this blog, we speak to Mark Wakeford of EvoEnergy about how strong communication between education institutes and the energy industry is crucial to solving the green skills gap.
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February 6, 2025

Why we need standardised education for green skills

In this blog, we look into the attempts made to build a UK-wide standard set of competency qualifications, and why this is such an important issue.
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January 31, 2025

Report shows Highlands pumped hydro project offers major employment opportunity

A report shows that Statkraft’s Loch na Cathrach pumped storage hydro (PSH) scheme could provide hundreds of local jobs for years to come.
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January 28, 2025

Mind the gap: the data on green skills

The net zero transition will require a vast number of new workers to be trained or retrained. But how many? We explore the data.
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January 22, 2025

Government launches skills passport, backs green skills training

The UK government has unveiled plans to invest in green skills training across the nation to address the growing green skills gap.
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November 26, 2024

Scotland leads UK in green jobs

Statistics from consultancy PwC has revealed that Scotland is once again leading the UK in the creation of green jobs.
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November 4, 2024

Bute Energy launches Net Zero Skills Strategy

Welsh onshore wind developer Bute Energy is aiming to close the green skills gap with a new initiative in schools.
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September 19, 2024

LinkedIn: Climate talent needs to double to achieve climate goals

A new report by LinkedIn has revealed the massive scale of the green skills gap worldwide.
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August 2, 2024

Aira opens first London heat pump training academy

Swedish cleantech company Aira has opened a new training academy and hub, its first in London.

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