NREL researchers analyze workforce needs, engage with key stakeholders to build partnerships, and implement workforce development programs to strengthen a diverse workforce across clean energy technologies.

Study Unlocks U.S. Wind Energy Workforce Opportunities

NREL study, the first to use a system dynamics model to quantify this gap, outlines possible solutions

Analysis

Engagement

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Pipeline and Pathways

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News

HBCU Energy Education Prize Returns With Second Round of Its Inspire Track

Jan. 8, 2025

Grad Students, Postdocs, and Early-Career Staff Prepare To Carry Torch of International Research Collaboration

Oct. 14, 2024

Final Winners of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Clean Energy Education Prize's Inspire Track Announced

Aug. 8, 2024

Study Unlocks Opportunities To Bridge the US Wind Energy Workforce Gap

April 18, 2024

Publications

National Wind Energy Workforce Assessment: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Needs, NREL Technical Report (2024)

International Jobs and Economic Development Impacts Model: Stories of Use and Impact, NREL Fact Sheet (2022)

U.S. Hydropower Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities, NREL Technical Report (2022)

U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce Assessment, NREL Technical Report (2022)