UK’s renewables energy industry in need of a ‘jump-start’ to ignite the next generation of skilled workers to meet net zero targets

The  election of the Labour government has brought renewed momentum to the UK’s efforts to meet its ambitious net zero targets.The government’s commitment to increasing investment in the renewal energy infrastructure was evident in early September in the latest (sixth) renewables auction (“the Contracts of Difference Scheme”), which saw £1.5 billion committed to 131 new green energy projects (on and offshore wind, solar and floating offshore wind and tidal energy), a 50% boost from the previous budget and designed to power the equivalent of 11 million British homes.Great British Energy, a publicly owned energy company recently set up by the UK government will work in partnership with The Crown Estate, to leverage private investment expected to be in the region of...Read the full article here