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.
“Engineers
are
in
desperately
short
supply."
Garrad
says
78%
of
companies
interviewed
for
the
report
described
it
as
“difficult”
or
“very
difficult”
to
recruit
staff.
“We
have…
