Clean Energy Wire

A new report covered by Clean Energy Wire says Germany's energy transition and infrastructure modernisation are being held back by a lack of skilled workers. The finding points to labour shortages in trades and engineering needed to expand renewables and upgrade grids, adding to concerns that Germany may miss its climate and infrastructure goals without targeted training and recruitment.

Wired reports that US politics around solar energy are becoming increasingly hostile and strange, with opposition to solar projects picking up rhetoric associated with the Make America Great Again movement. The piece suggests clean energy has become another flashpoint in America's culture wars, with debates over solar farms and renewable policy turning personal and mean-spirited rather than purely technical or economic.