February 15, 2010
The UK could become a world leader in low carbon technologies such as microgeneration, according to a leading environmental group.
Chris Hewett, an associate at Green Alliance, argued that Britain is well placed on a number of fronts to succeed in the global low carbon race.
Last Thursday (February 11th 2010), the Liberal Democrats set out a manifesto pledge to create 57,000 green jobs by investing £400 million upgrading disused shipyards to facilitate the production of offshore wind turbines.
Mr Hewett said: "The global race to deliver lower carbon technologies is not only in this country but in the whole world.
"We do have the skills in existing manufacturing and there is potential for training up a workforce in a whole range of different skills to do that."
A recent European Commission study showed that the European 2020 renewable energy targets could lead to the creation of around 2.8 million jobs in the sector and generate a total value-added of around 1.1 per cent of GDP.
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