RMI Acquires the Clean Power Hub to Accelerate Clean Energy Workforce Development Across the Global South

Source: | · RMI · | Sept 21, 2022

Clean Power Hub to Merge with RMI’s “Energy Transition Academy” To Form a First-of-its-Kind Clean Energy Skills and Community Development Platform

Source: RMI

Today, RMI, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and ClimateWorks Foundation announced RMI’s acquisition of the Clean Power Hub, an innovative online platform designed to accelerate workforce and job-skill development related to clean energy and climate action in emerging economies across the Global South. This acquisition enables a merger of the Clean Power Hub and RMI’s Energy Transition Academy, a dynamic, integrated peer learning and community engagement program aimed at connecting, amplifying, and empowering the energy transition workforce of today and tomorrow.

An International Energy Agency (IEA) report released this month estimated that to reach net zero emissions by 2050, 14 million new clean energy jobs will need to be created globally by 2030, with another 16 million existing workers shifting to new roles in clean energy — and 60% of these new jobs will require some amount of training. Workforce shortfall is delaying the development of clean energy projects and progress on climate goals. The reenvisaged Energy Transition Academy — thanks to the acquisition of the Clean Power Hub — can now provide a no-cost, globally accessible means to address that gap by upskilling and c