Ensuring a Skilled Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Workforce
About this report
This report examines employment trends, skills needs, and skills gaps across renewable energy, grids, and energy efficiency. It highlights the increased demand for skilled workers in these sectors and the need to address skilled labour shortages. The report identifies barriers which are currently hindering energy education and training. It also discusses policy measures aimed at attracting more people to the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors and providing them with the necessary training.
The report includes new IEA analysis on online job postings in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and IEA modelling on energy employment from 2024 as the last full year of data available at the time of publication. The analysis also draws from stakeholder input from two in-person Future of Energy Skills workshops co-ordinated by the IEA and the European Commission and the results from three IEA surveys conducted in 2025 with over 700 respondents: the IEA Industry Employment Survey, IEA Labour Employment Survey and IEA Educators’ Employment Survey.