REPORT: Hydrogen skills gap study landscape review – Executive Summary



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Authors:

Energy Institute
CATCH

REPORT: Hydrogen skills gap study landscape review
Executive Summary

November 2022

This landscape review of skills has been commissioned by the Energy Institute (EI) as Phase 1 of a three-phase programme to identify the skills needs for a future hydrogen economy. The report refers throughout to ‘skills’ needs for brevity, but this should be understood to mean skills and/or new/contextualised knowledge required to meet industry needs unless otherwise specified. These may be new skills or repurposed existing skills and capabilities found in oil & gas, refining and petrochemicals and thermal power generation for future application in the emerging hydrogen economy.



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REPORT: Enabling skills for the industrial decarbonisation supply chain



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Authors:

University of Chester
Mace

REPORT: Enabling skills for the industrial decarbonisation supply chain

November 2022

A skilled workforce is critical to delivering the ambitious UK Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy and unlocking the value the transition to a net zero economy will bring. The United Kingdom’s historical contribution, both positive and negative, to industrial revolution within and outside its borders cannot be ignored. As the pioneer of industrialisation, the UK has, through time, made a disproportionate contribution to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses, it is thus fitting to commit to investing in people, innovation, technologies, and infrastructure to meet not only its domestic decarbonisation goals, but also to play a leading part globally.



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JOURNAL: Industrial clusters for deep decarbonization: Net-zero megaprojects in the UK offer promise and lessons.



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Authors:

Benjamin Sovacool
Frank Geels
Marfuga Iskandarova

Industrial clusters for deep decarbonization: Net-zero megaprojects in the UK offer promise and lessons.

Science

378 (6620) November 10, 2022

Net-zero megaprojects in the UK offer promise and lessons



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JOURNAL: Decarbonisation of industrial clusters: A place-based research agenda



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Author:

Patrick Devine-Wright

Decarbonisation of industrial clusters: A place-based research agenda.

Energy Research and Social Science

Sept 2022

Decarbonisation of industrial clusters is crucial for climate change mitigation and net zero policy goals, involving the deployment of technologies including hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage. Industrial clusters co-locate large-scale facilities for electricity generation and distribution, oil refineries and the manufacturing and distribution of products including fertilisers, glass, plastics and aerosols. Given the geographical, co-located rationale of industrial clusters, this perspective argues that adopting a place-based approach is fundamental to the success of industrial decarbonisation.



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PODCAST: Equinor – destination zero: realising a low-carbon future



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Authors:

Equinor

Equinor Podcast

Destination Zero: Realising a Low-Carbon Future

Where next? The road to 2050

In this final episode of the series, James looks back on what we’ve heard over the previous five episodes and assesses the potential to move forward towards net zero. We hear directly from the Government’s advisory body, the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC), about what the UK needs to do to deliver on its ambitious climate goals. James also hosts a roundtable discussion with those involved in developing the policy, regulatory environment and transition business models to make net zero by 2050 a reality.

James Murray is joined by Chris Stark from CCC, Mercedes Maroto-Valer from Industrial Decarbonisation Research Innovation Centre, Will Lochhead from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Will Joyce from UKRI.