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The GWO General Assembly met on 21st Mar 2024 in Spain. During the busy programme GWO member representative discussed GWO Workforce '26 Strategy and elected a trio of new representatives to the Board of Directors.
The GWO General Assembly met on 21st Mar 2024 in Spain. During the busy programme GWO member representative discussed GWO Workforce '26 Strategy and elected a trio of new representatives to the Board of Directors.
Following a detailed analysis and dialogue process between members during 2023 and 2024, GWO launched Workforce 26, its new long-term strategy. The strategy, called Workforce ‘26 maintains GWO’s original scope and core services, but with a new emphasis on four objectives, which combine inspiration and ambition, underpinned by targets and supporting initiatives.
As part of our new strategy, the Secretariat team and I have collaborated closely with the Board of Directors to develop a new strategic plan. Called 'Workforce '26', the plan focuses on four core objectives that we believe should be the collective focus of our efforts.
Jakob Lau Holst CEO, Global Wind Organisation
The four objectives are defined as:
1) Drive excellence in quality. We will set the bar for basic safety and technical training in the wind industry, by collaborating with stakeholders to standardise GWO training outcomes.
2) Lead the industry in workforce development. We will drive up the number of GWO trained entry-level technicians, securing a workforce fit for the industry’s long-term growth in construction, installation, operations, and maintenance.
3) Build leading position in top 20 markets. We will strengthen GWOs position and build a more complete supply of training in the top 20 markets.
4) Pursue a role in solar. We assess and understand opportunities for training solar PV technicians working on utility scale projects and apply GWO’s strengths in standardisation, quality assurance and distribution as proof of concept to expand our industrial scope.
GWO’s not-for-profit status will allow it to continue reinvesting in capacity that facilitates and creates new standards, improve our processes, and deliver value to the wind energy and wider renewables sector. The next three years will see us ramping up this activity, investing in people, technology and building new partnerships that create value for all users.
The demand for wind energy continues to grow at a steady pace. By 2028, the world will need over 532,000 technicians to build and maintain wind fleets, both onshore and offshore. Notably, 40% of these roles will need to be filled by new entrants
Brazilian Association of Wind Energy and New Technologies, ABEEólica, has signed an MOU in strategic partnership with training standards body GWO. Tried and tested collaboration will provide certainty for all stakeholders, aligning Brazil’s safety regulations with globally recognised standards.
GWO and IRENA will initiate discussions of how global standards can best support skilled workforce development, in line with 2030 targets. Co-publication of the Jobs4RE Workforce Training Guidelines for the Wind Industry is set to follow in 2025.
The next generation of wind turbine technicians have a new training pathway to follow, courtesy of guidelines presented today by the Japan Wind Power Association working with GWO.
This GWO Positioning Paper provides an introduction to the key ambitions and terms of reference for a proposed expansion in opportunities to use a merit approach to safety & technical training in the wind industry
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is pleased to announce Pattern Energy as its newest Leading Member. Pattern Energy has 29GW worth of global development and active construction projects under way, as well as 750+ commercial solar projects completed through its affiliates.