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Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce
The UK Government aims to retrain oil and gas workers, creating over 400,000 clean energy jobs by 2030 to address skills shortages and support economic growth.
- Ministers unveiled the Clean Energy Jobs Plan on Sunday, offering up to 18m to retrain oil and gas workers, the government said.
- Facing a sharp decline, North Sea workers are forecast to lose more than 40,000 of 115,000 roles by the early 2030s, and unions warn staff feel forgotten as many move abroad.
- The plan includes `skills passports` to support 31 priority occupations and will convert five `Technical Excellence Colleges` for clean energy training, with up to 20 million for bespoke schemes.
- By 2030, Scotland will see up to 60,000 greener energy jobs, and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said `This plan shows 400,000 extra jobs in the clean energy economy by 2030`.
- Despite the announcements, unions and experts warn skills and training do not automatically deliver new jobs and call for more public investment and better offshore employment protections.
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Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce
Unions welcome the new plan but warn funding for training does not equate to jobs, saying they won't materialise without further investment, nor measures to revitalise the country's dwindling manufacturing capacity.
·United Kingdom
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UK Government unveils plan to ‘train up next generation of clean energy workers’
At the same time, the Scottish Government said it would fund, alongside Westminster, an £18 million fund to help workers transition from fossil fuels.
·London, United Kingdom
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