UAE Business: Maersk to train 3,000 Saudis in renewables sector – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Maersk to train 3,000 Saudis in renewables sector – Gulf Digital News

Maersk Training is collaborating with Saudi Electric Services Polytechnic to create a technical training programme that will train a workforce of more than 3,000 trainees in the coming years to upskill them to enter into the wind renewable industry.

The collaboration will include the creation of several long-term training modules as per industry needs: ranging from 6 to 18 months, and running over the next six years.

The agreement for the Kingdom’s first-of-its-kind workforce development programme was signed between Vijay Rangachari, Regional Managing Director, Eastern Hemisphere, Maersk Training and Dr Khalid Al Somaili Managing Director, Saudi Electric Services Polytechnic, at the Danish Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.

Saudi Arabia has launched a strategic initiative called ‘The National Renewable Energy Program’ (NREP) as a part of Vision 2030 which aims to increase the Kingdom’s share of renewable energy production, achieve a balance in the mix of local energy sources, and fulfil the Kingdom’s obligations towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Through the programme, the Ministry of Energy in Saudi Arabia is working to diversify the national energy mix used in electricity production, increasing the share of natural gas and renewable energy sources to approximately 50 per cent by 2030