To hit 82% renewables in 8 years, we need skilled workers – and labour markets are already overstretched
- Written by: Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Evgeniy Alyoshin/Unsplash, CC BY-SAIn just eight years time, the Labor government wants Australia to be 82% powered by renewable energy. That means a rapid, historic shift, given only 24% of our power was supplied by renewables as of last year.
To make this happen, we must rapidly scale up our renewable energy construction workforce. Last...
