THE ENERGY INTERVIEW
Q. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO THE CLIMATE ACTION EFFORT TO TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF ENGINEERS?
» It’ s not optional. Offshore wind is one of the few technologies that can deliver clean energy at the scale and reliability the energy transition actually requires.
But a turbine sitting in port or an array operating below capacity because the workforce isn’ t there to build or maintain it doesn’ t help anyone.
The industry’ s ability to deliver on its climate commitments is directly tied to whether it can develop and retain skilled people fast enough to match project pipelines.
There’ s also an equity dimension here. A global energy transition that concentrates expertise and jobs in a handful of countries isn’ t really a transition – it’ s a reshuffling.
Workforce development done right builds local capacity, creates durable employment and makes the transition more resilient everywhere it lands.
28 August 2026