Five secondees (pictured) from the industry-led skills organisation X-Academy have been picked BP and EnBW, to support their 2900MW Morven offshore wind farm JV, located off the east coast of Scotland.
As the next major step since the partnership committed more than £1m (€1.1m) to X-Academy in a five-year deal, Morven is creating a number of new roles that people from the initiative will step into.
The X-Academy is at a transformative stage as it looks across industry to scale-up its operations following a successful pilot year and plan its growth across the globe.
Through its Industry Enablement Hub, its members have already worked with a number of industry partners, including Net Zero Technology Centre, contributing to several projects across their energy integration programme.
They have also delivered a key white paper to the Scottish government providing their unique vision of the energy sector in Scotland.
X-Academy’s ambition to reskill workers for the energy transition comes amid reports that it is estimated that to meet energy transition targets around 40,000 people are required to plug the skills gap that exists by 2030.
Managing director of X-Academy Peter Tipler said: “Having just celebrated our first year, X-Academy has been met with an incredible reaction from the industry.
“Our group of 26 willing and able xccelerators have been involved in more than 25 projects and five external secondments – all of which have been aligned to our core belief of prioritising meaningful impact.
“Having been in close communication with the team at BP and EnBW, we know how much they’ve been looking forward to welcoming xccelerators to the project.
“Our skills programme has achieved great success in the initial 12 months, and organisations are excited to become a part of it, and the journey our cohorts are on.”