ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN EDUCATION
NEW GREEN SKILLS ACADEMY ACCELERATES DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLEAN-ENERGY WORKFORCE W
ith British renewables now the cheapest new power available, and the UK solar market
expanding year-on-year, the need for a skilled clean-energy workforce has never been greater. To help, Good Energy has partnered with
Wiltshire College & University Centre to create a new training facility as part of a Green Skills Innovation Centre. The facility is designed to accelerate the development of the skilled workforce Britain needs to deliver its transition to clean, secure, home-grown energy. The £500,000 Green Skills Innovation Centre –
which is part-funded byWiltshire Council’s Shared Prosperity Fund – includes a bespoke Eco House renovated and restored in partnership with Good Energy. Here, hands-on training in the installation and maintenance of renewable technologies including solar PV, heat pumps, battery storage, and smart home energy systems is provided, giving trainees real-world experience of the technologies that are rapidly reshaping how homes and businesses are powered.
THE TRAINING HUB Good Energy will use the facility as a training hub for its own growing engineering workforce as it expands solar, storage and clean-tech services nationwide. The company, one of the UK’s leading rooftop solar installers and a pioneer in real
renewable energy, sees partnerships of this nature as essential to accelerating Britain’s clean-energy transition. The training facility includes teaching bays
where students can learn how to install sustainable units such as air source heat pumps. It also has a replica roof at ground level where trained individuals will be able to install and commission solar PV panels and demonstrate how tomonitor and understand the energy usage within the home. In addition, the college will offer short courses to construction sector employers whoneedtodevelop theirqualifiedplumbing and heating engineers, electricians and builders’ renewable skills as demand grows. Carl Hogg, services managing director at Good Energy, said: “Britain’s shift to clean, secure, home-grown energy depends not just on technology, but on people. The Eco House at the Green Skills Innovation Centre gives trainees the practical experience they need to become the renewable engineers of the future. We’re proud to partner with Wiltshire College & University Centre to help build the workforce that will install the heat pumps, solar panels and smart systems powering the next era of British energy.” Adding to this, Iain Hatt, principal & chief executive of Wiltshire College & University Centre,
said: “Our Green Skills Innovation Centre is designed to help employers understand what is possible with today’s renewable technologies and to provide the skilled workforce required to deliver it. Partnering with Good Energy - one of the UK’s most experienced clean-energy organisations – on the Eco House has been invaluable in ensuring it reflects real industry needs. Together, we will help students and employers gain the confidence and capability to seize the opportunities of the green transition.”
Good Energy
www.goodenergy.co.uk
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