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Fears of recruitment in green energy drying
30 July, 2008Recruitment concerns in green energy sources are becoming a cause for concern for some, as the focus on green power moves from questions about its use, to questions about how best to implement it.
Recruitment concerns in green energy sources are becoming a cause for concern for some, as the focus on green power moves from questions about its use, to questions about how best to implement it.
With figures showing that job demand for specialists in the climate change and carbon markets tripled in just one year (April 2007 - 2008), there are fears over how to plug the recruitment gap in the near future.
And it is a concern that is growing by the month, as the same demand for specialists is expected to rise a massive 50-fold in just the next four years.
Executives in the US are currently concerned that even recruitment of junior-level staff on executive wages is proving difficult, with many waiting as long as six months to fill recruitment gaps.
With more and more green energy companies in Scotland taking on serious projects, and Airtricity pushing for a Europe-wide green electricity grid, it is certainly a problem that could be faced soon in the UK, as green energy takes on real expansion.
The long, drawn-out sale of British Energy (BE) to EDF Energy has come to an end after the French energy firm bought BE for £12.5 billion, it has been reported.
Government hopes to have an EDF Energy-British Energy (BE) tie up within two weeks have been dubbed "optimistic" by the British nuclear company, according to a recent report.
Gordon Brown is facing the prospect of a major defeat over the government's reluctance to impose a windfall tax on energy companies, it has been reported.
The City of London has launched a campaign against Gordon Brown in order to convince him that introducing a windfall tax on energy companies should be avoided.
TaylorWimpey has reported phenomenally poor first half results for the year so far, recording a loss of £1.5 billion, it has been announced.