UK’s Offshore Energy Industry Risks Missing Out on 95,000 Jobs
- Slow progress on renewables goals seen hitting workforce: RGU
- Falling short on targets would mean the ‘opportunity is lost’
The UK’s 2030 climate targets include 50 gigawatts of offshore wind.
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If the UK doesn’t significantly ramp up renewables investment at a time when oil and gas is in decline, as many as 95,000 potential offshore energy jobs will be at risk, according to Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University.
While the workforce has vast potential to grow if Britain meets clean-energy goals, slow progress may mean offshore jobs drop 15% by the end of the decade, Paul de Leeuw, director of the university’s Energy Transition Institute, said in a report published Tuesday.