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Mind the skills gap

Around 800,000 new workers will be required in Europe by 2025 for the battery industry alone and, more broadly, existing workers will need to be retrained as the continent’s industries transition away from fossil fuels. International competition for workers is becoming increasingly fierce. Where are these workers and the required skills supposed to come from?

By

Carrie Hampel

08 Feb 2024

A major recruitment drive is required if the European Union’s battery storage ambitions are to be realized. | Photo: Sébastien Bertrand

European Union innovation body EIT InnoEnergy, and recruiter Manpower, have joined forces to provide tailor-made training packages for companies in European net zero sectors, including the battery, green hydrogen, PV manufacturing, and wind industries. This and other much-needed training and recruitment activity for these rapidly expanding industries face structural difficulties deeply embedded in European education …

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