Enabling a fair energy transition for workers and communities.
This area aims to understand the workforce needs for the energy transition, to enable sufficient training and skills programmes. This is needed so benefits can be shared with local and regional communities. Our work here responds to questions such as:
- How many jobs are created by renewable energy and energy efficiency?
- What are the employment implications of the energy transition?
- How can a ‘just transition’ of jobs from fossil fuels to renewables be organised?
- What skills are required for employment in the renewable energy sector?
- How can we energy policy maximise employment for local communities, and especially for First Nations and other under-represented groups within the energy sector?
PROJECT | 2024-2025
Hot water pathways for social housing
Housing providers need clearer guidance to make hot water systems more efficient and flexible.
PROJECT | 2022-2024
The Australian Electricity Workforce for the 2024 Integrated System Plan Projections to 2050
Electricity sector workforce projections on our path to net zero.
PROJECT | 2024-2025
Glebe Energy Transitions: a place-based upgrade model for social housing
Cracking the code to scaling shared solar power and thermal improvements in social housing.
PROJECT | 2024
Powering First Nations jobs in clean energy
Empowering First Nations Australians with clean energy careers is essential for a successful and inclusive energy transition.
PROJECT | 2022
Energy efficiency definitions for the Australian Energy Employment Report
The Australian Energy Employment Report survey can measure the energy efficiency workforce and has developed definitions for energy efficiency activities.
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IMPACT STORY
How can coal workers benefit from a renewables jobs boom?
An ISF study shows that while renewable energy can be a major source of jobs in the next 15 years, the outcomes for coal workers will depend on a clear transition strategy.
PROJECT | 2019-2020
Renewable Energy Employment in Australia
Australia's rapidly growing renewable energy industry will create thousands of jobs over the next decade. To understand the scale and types of employment, the Clean Energy Council commissioned ISF to undertake the first large-scale survey of the Australian renewable energy industry..
In 2019, ISF conducted an industry-wide survey, taking in the Australian manufacture, installation, operation and supply chains for wind and solar farms, hydro and pumped hydro power, rooftop solar and batteries.
The results were then applied to the scenarios used by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) in its draft Integrated Systems Plan (ISP) to estimate the job creation. Job creation in renewable energy was compared to the coal sector to examine the scope for renewable energy to provide alternative employment.
Location: Australia
Client: Clean Energy Council (CEC)
Researchers: Chris Briggs, Jay Rutovitz, Elsa Dominish, Kriti Nagrath
PROJECT | 2019
Mapping Energy Efficiency Product Supply-Chains
ISF mapped the supply chain for four types of energy efficiency products:
- Residential Heating and Cooling
- Commercial Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
- Smart glazing
- Commercial and Industrial Water Heaters and Boilers
For each of the supply chains, the links, actors and influence was mapped for each of these products. The implications for the Victorian Energy Upgrade program was analysed with recommendations on how to interact with supply chains to increase the uptake of energy efficient products.
Client: Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)
Researchers: Chris Briggs, Scott Dwyer, Alan Pears (RMIT), Dani Alexander, Fiona Berry
PROJECT | 2017
Beyond Coal: alternatives to extending the life of Liddell power station
ISF presented three possible scenarios for the future of a coal station, guiding the way for future energy transition.
