Scheme to help former members of the armed forces find ‘clean’ energy jobs
The aim is to support individuals and their families in the UK in the Humber region, Lincolnshire and East Anglia.
The Mission Renewable Armed Forces Clean Energy Initiative will be delivered by Mission Community.
The scheme aims to smooth career transitions for service leavers into the renewables sector, identifying specific suitable jobs and highlighting any barriers.
Mission Renewable has already worked with RenewableUK and the Offshore Wind Industry Council nationally.
Anecdotally between 10 and 20% of workers already employed in the sector have a service background.
RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Jane Cooper co-chairs a joint government and industry body overseeing the one-year pilot project, to begin in the third quarter of 2025.
It coincides with the publication of the Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which aims to maximise employment opportunities in renewables and nuclear power across the country and create over 400,000 new jobs by 2030. It is hoped publishing clear projected job estimates will galvanise industry.
