Over 70,000 jobs could be secured, including the creation of over 18,000 new skilled jobs, as part of a potential £11.9billion economic boost, driven by decarbonisation in the Solent region. These benefits are identified in a socioeconomic report launched at an event to mark the 1-year anniversary of The Solent Cluster, which was formed to lead the region’s ambitions to achieve Net Zero by 2050. Anne-Marie Mountifield, chair of The Solent Cluster who spoke at the launch, said:
“Decarbonisation will be a catalyst for transformative change as we seek to propel the region into a new era of sustainable growth. The importance of identifying the potential for thousands of new jobs and billions in investment, cannot be underestimated.”
The report not only looks at the potential economic and environmental impact of the Cluster’s vision for the Solent region, but also the skills and education focus needed to enable the development of specific decarbonisation projects. The Solent Cluster socioeconomic report identifies potential across the following key areas: • Sustaining employment: Sustain 70,000 jobs, providing a robust employment landscape that could foster economic resilience in the Solent region. • Job Growth: Potential creation of 18,900 jobs by 2035. • Strategic Investment: Potential investment of almost £12 billion, signalling a commitment to the region’s infrastructure and economic growth. • Economic Contribution: Over £4.4 billion of potential gross value added to the economy by 2035, underlining the Solent region’s vital contribution to the UK economy. • Carbon Capture Potential: The Solent region has the capacity to potentially capture and safely store up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 annually. Speakers at the event included Paul Greenwood, Chairman of Esso UK, Councillor Jill Cleary, Leader of New Forest District Council and Fergus Tickell, Hydrogen Solutions Lead at SGN. The Solent Cluster saw many of its 100 members join industry leaders, policymakers, and community stakeholders, at the event which provided further opportunity for collaboration and partnership.
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Just Green Fantasy. Are there that many people who need jobs in the Solent region and who is going to provide the £12 Billion?
Am I the only person that has never heard of them??
I will belive the thousands of local jobs,when i see it happen.
Maybe read beyond the executive summary. None of these jobs on the island. All in major industrial areas of Southampton and Portsmouth.
Decarbonisation providing high paid skilled jobs? The reality is that the deliberate destruction of our energy security is planned to lead to national impoverishment – there will never be enough unicorn generated ‘green’ power to go round (and don’t start waffling about battery storage because there isn’t enough of the dangerous polluting raw materials on earth needed to make enough of them). This is more taxpayers money doing into the pockets of wealthy lobbyists and another tranche of highly paid ‘climate change’ non-jobs that will deliver nothing but misery for the vast majority – if any of it was any good, you wouldn’t need to legislate to ban all alternatives and spend billions every year on pseudo scientific propaganda to push it
There are green alternatives to batteries. In Australia, excess power is used to pump water up into reservoirs in the mountains. During periods with low power availability, the water can be released to drive turbines and generate power.