Marvin OnumonuThe Government has set out plans for over 15,000 new clean energy jobs in Wales by 2030, focusing on roles like plumbers, electricians and welders.
A national plan has been published to recruit and train workers for the clean energy sector, with UK employment expected to double to 860,000 by 2030.
Wales is expected to see up to 20,000 clean energy jobs by 2030, an increase of around 15,000 since 2023.
Skills pilots will run in Pembrokeshire, Cheshire and Lincolnshire, with £2.5m of Government funding to support new training centres, courses or career advisers.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, said: “Wales is essential to the clean energy revolution that this government is delivering.
“Communities across Wales have long been calling out for a new generation of good industrial jobs.
“The clean energy jobs boom can answer that call – and today we publish a landmark national plan to make it happen.”
Miliband added: “Our plans will help create an economy in which there is no need to leave your hometown just to find a decent job.
“Thanks to this government’s commitment to clean energy a generation of young people in our industrial heartlands can have well-paid secure jobs, from plumbers to electricians and welders.
“This is a pro-worker, pro-jobs, pro-union, agenda that will deliver the national renewal our country needs.”
Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens, said: “Wales’s growing clean energy industry is delivering the well-paid, highly-skilled jobs of the future.
“Projects right across the country from Pembrokeshire to Flintshire are creating opportunities for hundreds of our young people and will help drive regional growth as well as accelerating our drive towards lower bills and energy security.”
Welsh Government Minister for Skills Jack Sargeant, said: “Our ambition is to ensure today’s young people will have the skills needed to work the jobs of tomorrow, helping us embed the industries and services of the future in our communities.
“With decades of industrial expertise Wales is primed to capitalise on the generational opportunity that is the UK’s clean energy revolution.
“The plan announced today will complement our Net Zero Skills Action Plan and support our journey to a cleaner, more prosperous Wales.”
