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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Government aims to create 400,000 jobs through UK national green energy plan

Men in black T-shirts and trousers work on a massive wind turbine in a factory hall
The Siemens energy turbine factory in Hull. Newly skilled workers will be trained to help create more renewable energy infrastructure. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Plumbers, electricians and welders will be in huge demand as part of a national plan to train people for an extra 400,000 green jobs in the next five years, Ed Miliband has said.

The energy secretary unveiled a scheme to double the number of people working in green industries by 2030, with a particular focus on training those coming from fossil fuel jobs, school leavers, the unemployed, veterans and ex-offenders.

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