Renewable Energy: Employment

(asked on 13th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of his Department's policies on jobs in the renewable energy sector.


Answered by
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Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 22nd May 2026

The clean energy transition represents one of the UK’s largest opportunities for economic growth and high-quality job creation this decade.

In October 2025, we published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan which sets out the workforce needed to deliver our Clean Energy Superpower Mission, and how the government will work in partnership with industry and trade unions to deliver it. This highlights that the UK’s clean energy workforce could double by 2030, supporting up to 860,000 high quality jobs across every nation and region.

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