green skills

EV infrastructure company RECHARGE UK has warned that the EV skills gap threatens to derail the UK Government’s chargepoint target for 2030.

“Urgent reforms of the skills system are needed to hit net zero”, a report released by the Future Energy Skills Programme has warned.

Heat pump supplier Daikin UK and Quantum Group have formed a partnership to roll out bespoke Renewable Training Facilities at around 150 further education colleges that already offer built environment study programmes. 

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.

A panel at Fully Charged Live South 2023 discusses how the UK can continue to build its EV market.

A campaign has been launched to reach 30,000 certified heat pump installers (of which the UK is roughly 28,500 short) by 2028 and address the nation’s troubling green skills shortage.

Raman Bhatia, the CEO of OVO, will today outline a new path to “get the UK’s net zero mission back on track” including a new customer plan and kitemarking system alongside the removal of REGOs.

Current± breaks down the UK Government's 'Powering Up Britain' energy security paper published on 'Green Day'.