Global Wind Workforce Outlook 2025-2030
Case study Building the global workforce pipelines needed for 2030
Global Workforce Pressures Across Key Regions
Greenhands Offshore as a Proven Entry Pathway Many regions have strong talent potential but limited access to structured entry routes. Greenhands Offshore fills this gap. It is an accelerated program that prepares new talent for offshore work within weeks. The initiative is active in Europe, Latin America and Africa and consistently delivers job ready personnel for construction and maintenance activities. Greenhands Offshore shows that effective pipelines can be created quickly when industry, training centres and local authorities collaborate, particularly in emerging markets where demand is rising rapidly.
Solving the Mobility Challenge Through Compliance and Coordination Many markets still require experienced personnel from abroad during installation peaks or for advanced roles. Cross border deployment remains one of the most complex challenges in wind. It requires deep understanding of immigration, labour legislation, maritime rules and insurance. Atlas NextWave manages these elements in a fully compliant manner, enabling safe and timely deployment and reducing project risk throughout the lifecycle. A Coordinated Global Ecosystem for the Energy Transition Atlas NextWave works with governments, regulators, training organisations and industry partners to expand workforce capacity in emerging regions and to support consistent competency standards. The wind sector can meet its 2030 goals, but only if high volume global talent pipelines are developed at pace. We are dedicated to helping build these pipelines and ensuring that the workforce is never the reason a project cannot proceed.
Around the world, wind developers, OEMs and service providers face a shared challenge. Projects cannot move at the speed required because there are not enough skilled people to deliver construction and installation peaks or to maintain the global turbine fleet. Markets differ, but the impact is the same. Delays increase, costs rise and assets struggle to reach availability levels expected by governments and investors. Talent has become a structural constraint on global wind growth, and solving it requires coordinated solutions that place workforce development at the centre of the energy transition.
Workforce pressures appear differently across global regions. The United States faces union and non-union dynamics that influence access to experienced crews. Europe competes with oil and gas for technical talent. APAC markets face visa and mobility bottlenecks that restrict deployment. Latin America shows strong potential but limited readiness in places such as Brazil. South Africa and Vietnam highlight the gap between talent availability and structured entry pathways. A Global Workforce Partner Across the Full Project Lifecycle Atlas NextWave supports workforce needs from early development through construction, operations, maintenance and decommissioning. Our approach combines structured entry pathways, competency development, harmonised standards and compliant international mobility. This creates transportable talent pipelines across multiple regions, securing essential skills, stabilising schedules and reducing workforce related risk across the lifecycle.
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Chapter 4: Wind Projects Duty Holders and Workforce Planning
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