2023-05-05 11:17:00
The demand for solar panels has exploded. And although the Netherlands is a leader in the generation of solar energy, there have been too few people for years who can actually put the panels on the roof.
There is more at stake: according to the UWV, 46,000 technical professionals are needed to install heat pumps, build wind turbines and install heat networks. Without those people we can forget about the energy transition. Where are we going to get all these people from?
In this episode of the Climate Issue, Nienke Zoetbrood and Hannah van der Wurff dive into the overheated labor market with Joost van Velzen and Joost van Egmond, editors at Trouw. And they set off with solar panel installer Jesse Kloosterhuis.
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Last year, for the first time in Europe, more electricity was generated from solar and wind energy than from gas-fired power stations.
And pre-vocational secondary education students are again opting more often for technical subjects. These girls enjoy working in technology.
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The climate crisis, the energy crisis, the nitrogen crisis: it can make you depressed, but we don’t. Every week we tackle one question, as part of the big picture: a planet that will last another few millennia, with people on it: how do we get there? Nienke Zoetbrood and Hannah van der Wurff take you along in the Climate Issue.
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