Annual Report 2025
Figure 1: Wind Workforce Demand by Responsibility - C&I and O&M
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The Global Wind Workforce Outlook Re- port 2025-2030 (GWWO 2025-2030), which traced the shift from a historical fo- cus on the energy needs of the industry towards its underlying workforce struc- ture, offers a set of recommended actions. C&I and O&M Feel the Impact of Rising Demand Historically, wind development was led by fully integrated companies who managed the whole value chain and took ownership of the roles and responsibilities that defined a framework for workforce planning. Yet the wind energy sector has undergone a rapid evolution, both technologically and com- mercially. In today’s landscape, organisa- tions increasingly focus on specialised ser- vices, supplies or solutions. The result is that while technicians are an essential com- ponent in delivering energy transition tar- gets, no single company can take full own- ership of addressing workforce availability. With the installed wind fleet expanding across the globe, the direct impact of this growth is felt in the Construction and Instal- lation (C&I) and Operations & Maintenance
(O&M) parts of the value chain, areas where there is most pressure on the day-to-day maintenance of old and new turbine sites. As turbines age and grow in size and com- plexity, maintenance tasks require a greater degree of coordination. The long-term per- formance of the fleet throughout the pro- ject lifecycle is therefore an important as- pect of ensuring there is adequate infrastructure for the workforce to safely carry out high-risk tasks. Closely intersect- ing with the fleet’s performance are the un- derlying structural factors and annual build- out cycles which in turn affect overall labour demand. Workforce Development as a Structural Challenge Considering the shift towards a greater need for workforce in the C&I portion of the value chain, as well as the macrolevel trend of O&M making up an increasing share of the total workforce demand, there is mount- ing pressure on global markets to supply the value chain with sufficient workforce and address gaps in the current turbine in- frastructure. As the GWWO 2025-2030 showed, a workforce of approximately
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Wind Workforce Demand by Responsibility
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
C&I
Assembly (Pre-assembly Support Technician and Assembly Technician)
140,254 137,350 156,877 150,910 153,832 157,132
Electricial work (Commisioning Technician)
106,949 104,753 118,811 117,171 117,822 119,949
EHS/QHSE (Lead Technician/supervisor, Site Manager, Construction Manager) Technical advisory (Field Engineer/Technical Support, Troubleshooting Technician)
27,411 26,841 27,996 28,574 29,971 31,419
36,817 36,384 41,039 40,314 41,422 42,710
O&M
Component Repair (Blade Repair Technician, Advanced Blade Repair Technician, Blade Repair Supervisor Regular Inspection (Service Support Technician, Service Technician, Electrical Repair Technician, Mechanical Repair Technician) Corrective Maintenance (Troubleshooting Technician, Field Engineer/Technical Support)
68,129 75,568 83,341 91,939 101,122 110,304
86,523 96,644 108,588 121,108 135,601 152,567
8,857 9,824 10,834 11,952 13,146 14,340
Source: GWWO 2025-2030
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