news.careerstructure.com
09/07/2009
Hundreds of thousands of construction jobs could be created if the UK changed its approach to commercialisation, the Carbon Trust has said. Having undertaken an economic analysis, the organisation concluded that wind and wave power has the potential to create as many as 250,000 jobs, while renewable energy could also generate up to £70 billion for the country's economy.
In addition, offshore wind and wave power would provide 15 per cent of the country's carbon savings targets, which are due to be met by 2050. Carbon Trust chief executive Tom Delay said that offshore power is "critical to the economic recovery of the UK". "To reap the significant rewards from their successful development we must prioritise and comprehensively back the technologies that offer the best chance of securing long term carbon savings, jobs and revenue for Britain," he explained.
Mr Delay added that Britain needed to make smart investments through greater technology prioritisation and distance itself from technology neutrality. The Carbon Trust announced last month that Australia had joined the UK in using the world's first carbon label for consumer products.
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