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The research has revealed that roles in offshore renewables are set to climb from having a 20% share of all jobs in offshore energy sector to a 65% share. With the offshore energy sector consisting of oil, gas, offshore wind, carbon capture utilisation and hydrogen.
The analysis has also suggested that more than 90% of the UK’s oil and gas workforce has ‘medium to high skills transferability’ and are ‘well-positioned’ to work in other segments of the offshore energy sector. With the authors of the report estimating around 100,000 of the jobs created by 2030 are projected to be filled by people moving away from positions around oil and gas.
Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of the Energy Transition Institute at Robert Gordon University, commented: “With the overall number of jobs in the UK oil and gas industry projected to decline over time, the degree of transferability of jobs to adjacent energy sectors such as offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen or other industrial sectors will be key to ensuring the UK retains its world-class skills and capabilities.”
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