Green growth boosted with announcement of new National Skills Academy

04.02.11

Skills Minister John Hayes today announced a new National Skills Academy (NSA) for Environmental Technologies, aiming to ensure growth in green and renewable industries and meet Government targets for renewable energy.

The Skills Academy will receive up to £2.5m of funding over three years, matched by employers, and aims to deliver around 2000 publicy-funded and over 200,000 privately funded training courses in its first five years.

The new NSA will focus on areas such as the installation, maintenance and repair of solar panels, ground source heat pumps and biomass products.

Skills Minister John Hayes said:

“The Prime Minister has set an ambition for this to be the greenest government ever. To achieve this, government, employers and training providers must work together to deliver the skills that will enable our economy to achieve truly sustainable growth.

“By giving the industries that design, install and maintain green solutions for homes and buildings access to world class training, the Academy will help ensure that the UK not only meets its emissions targets but leads the world in innovation.”

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