The Clean Energy Skills Regional Action Plan and accompanying Clean Energy Jobs Evidence Base set out a shared approach to developing the workforce and skills needed to support the North West’s clean energy transition, through forecasting workforce requirements to 2050 and highlighting the actions needed to support regional Net Zero delivery and clean energy growth.
The North West of England and North Wales are set to play a leading role in delivering the UK’s clean energy future. Major investment in nuclear power, offshore wind, hydrogen, carbon capture, electricity networks, energy storage, and home retrofit is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs across the region over the coming decade.
To make the most of this opportunity, employers, colleges, universities, training providers, and local government must work together to ensure that local people have the skills needed to access these new jobs and careers.
The reports identify growing demand for engineers, electricians, welders, pipefitters, retrofit professionals, project managers, and many other technical occupations that will help deliver the UK’s energy transition.
Read the action plan and evidence base to understand how the North West and North Wales can build the skilled workforce needed to deliver future projects, support economic growth and ensure local people benefit from the jobs being created.
Clean energy employment is projected to rise sharply from the 2025 baseline, with demand expected to peak first in areas linked to major industrial and infrastructure programmes, such as North Wales and the North West of England, over the next 10 years.
The action plan brings together employers, education providers, local authorities, and industry organisations from across Cheshire and Warrington, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Liverpool City Region, and North Wales.
It sets out practical actions to help attract new entrants into the sector, support retraining and upskilling, strengthen apprenticeship pathways, and improve collaboration between employers and training providers.
The plan also provides recommendations for local leaders and policymakers, proposals for a near-term programme of skills interventions, and a framework for long-term collaboration to enable joined-up local delivery of the Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan.
This report examines clean energy jobs and skills demand across the North West of England and North Wales, forecasting workforce requirements to 2050 and highlighting the actions needed to support regional Net Zero delivery and clean energy growth.
It analyses current and future clean energy workforce demand across the North West and North Wales, covering key sectors including offshore wind, nuclear, hydrogen, CCUS, energy networks, storage, solar, and retrofit. The report examines workforce projections, skills needs, occupational demand, regional opportunities, labour market challenges and recommendations for action.
It provides a comprehensive evidence base by Opergy commissioned by the North West Net Zero Hub and DESNZ to inform clean energy skills planning and investment. It combines national and regional data to assess workforce requirements, identify skills gaps, and support delivery of the region’s Net Zero ambitions through to 2050.
This resource page has been created by the North West Net Zero Hub in partnership with Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington and Net Zero North West as part of wider work to understand the workforce implications of the clean energy transition.
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