And this shortfall could climb to 18,000 by 2030.
The warning comes in a report, European Wind Energy Training Needs, Opportunities and Recommendations, by the EU’s Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind), based on research by GL Garrad Hassan.
“Well over half of the shortfall in new workers in 2030 could be in operations and maintenance [O&M],” says Andrew Garrad, chairman of GL Garrad Hassan.
