Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, officially launched nine new Renewable & Energy Efficiency Training Centres for Scotland on 24 June 2021, supported by ESP and funded by our £20million Green Economy Fund.
… ambitious plans to meet climate change targets, boost local economic growth…
… investing…. to help the UK decarbonise and reach Net Zero…
SP Energy Networks writes:
Six new centres have been created in Ayrshire College, Borders College, Edinburgh College, Forth Valley College, Fife College and Glasgow Kelvin College with upgrades to two existing centres in South Lanarkshire College and West College Scotland, a diagnostic centre in West Lothian College and the creation of four centres of excellence for insulation…
ESP is a collaboration of Scotland’s colleges and industry partners established to increase Scotland’s capability and capacity to deliver the right skills for the energy, engineering and construction sectors. ESP were awarded £500,000 in 2019 from the SP Energy Networks Green Economy Fund, which was established in 2018 by the electricity network operator for Central & Southern Scotland.
Our £20million Green Economy Fund supports the delivery of the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans to meet climate change targets, boost local economic growth, improve air quality across the country and deliver a better future, quicker for local communities….
The launch of the new centres is also particularly significant in a year when the world’s attention will be on Scotland for the United Nations COP26 climate change conference. SP Energy Networks is part of the Scottish Power group, a Principal Partner for the United Nations climate change conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow later this year. It is developing an energy model that will play a significant role in reaching the UK’s world-leading climate change targets and is investing a total of £10billion in the clean energy generation and networks infrastructure needed to help the UK decarbonise and reach Net Zero emissions…
