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OPINION: UK’s net-zero challenge isn’t ambition but capability to deliver

Two women engineers in hard hats in front of a wind turbine.
The UK needs to train more people with the skills to deliver clean energy. Photo: Getty Images

Louise McClelland | Dowds Group

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UK needs to do more to incentivize workers with transferable skills to move into the clean energy sector.

Against a backdrop of fluctuating oil prices and energy volatility, UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has made it clear that he’s doubling down on clean energy as the race towards net-zero continues.

That ambition is welcome – but ambition alone won’t deliver the clean energy transition. The real test

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