Oil and gas workers to be offered work on windfarms
https://www.energylivenews.com/2025/02/13/oil-and-gas-workers-to-be-offered-work-on-windfarms/
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Oil and gas workers to be offered work on windfarms
https://www.energylivenews.com/2025/02/13/oil-and-gas-workers-to-be-offered-work-on-windfarms/
Posted by Wagamaga
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The government has launched a new scheme to help oil and gas workers transition into the clean energy industry, with offshore wind developers required to invest in industrial communities in exchange for financial support.
The Clean Industry Bonus will provide backing for companies that prioritise job creation in traditional fossil fuel regions, helping workers in engineering, electrical and welding roles move into offshore wind.
The scheme comes with significant financial backing, with developers receiving £27 million per gigawatt of offshore wind projects.
If firms commit to delivering 7-8GW of offshore wind, up to £200 million of funding could be made available.
The aim is to ensure the shift to renewable energy secures highly skilled jobs in areas that have historically relied on oil and gas.
The scheme will also support developers who commit to building low-carbon factories, offshore wind blades, cables and ports, reducing emissions across the supply chain while tackling supply shortages that have been worsened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Please frame this in a way so that immigrants are to blame, thanks.
Sorry, wrong sub. We don’t do good news here.
Do you by any chance have a story about a trans Muslim climate activist who shouted “Nigel Farage is far-right” while cycling to a Pride parade to help her wife out at a vegan food stall? Because that would be ideal for here.
Good idea, some shit conditions to deal with. Bit of familiar experience goes a long way. ,wind turbines, big fan .
This should create good jobs and help reduce our energy reliance on hostile foreign nations. Sounds like a win-win.
Lol this is good news, but:
– there are more people employed in one offshore facility than in a wind farm.
– wind farm salaries are nowhere near oil and gas.
– wind farm technology is quite different than oil and gas (I’d say far more boring).
Still good news but without an oil crash can’t see many picking it up. And that’s also because in oil and gas, you can get an international job that allows you to laugh at HMRC and keep more of your money in your pocket.
Hang on a minute…
It’s been 3 hours and nobody has pointed out how this is actually a bad thing?
I once spoke to someone on reddit who argued that we should never ever stop digging for fossil fuels because some people would lose their jobs.
10/10
Good to see the government ignoring those people.