Summary

The Windskill project is designed to overcome critical non-technical barriers to exploiting the growth potential of green electricity through wind energy.

Despite the emergence of a truly European market regulations on the qualification of installation and maintenance staff (70% of the sector's workforce) are still local and national in scope and unaligned to the European market and thereby pose administrative barriers to achieving the European Union's targets for the promotion of renewable energies.

The industry-based network initiative seeks to enrol authorities and sector stakeholders in the development of a European Qualification Profile for the key onshore and offshore process assignments, develop an appropriate modul-arized curriculum and pilot training courses to meet these requirements.

Existing expertise from national pioneer initiatives will feed the process. Finally, the project's full circle will include Europe-wide recognition and adoption of the established minimum standards via the extension of the network.