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To hit 82% renewables in 8 years, we need skilled workers – and labour markets are already overstretched

  • Written by Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
To hit 82% renewables in 8 years, we need skilled workers – and labour markets are already overstretchedEvgeniy Alyoshin/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

In just eight years time, the Labor government wants Australia to be 82% powered by renewable energy. That means a rapid, historic shift, given only 24% of our power was supplied by renewables as of last year.

To make this happen, we must rapidly scale up our renewable energy construction workforce. Last...

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