capacity across the bloc by 2030 would be associated with sharply increasing demand for skilled workers in the deployment segment. Accordingly, the industry association SolarPower Europe estimated that the [...] additions will have to increase significantly to keep up with these ambitious targets. As such, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasted necessary average annual additions of 48 GW for solar PV and 36 [...] base in the EU. In fact, more than half of the direct employment within the wind industry was associated with manufacturing wind turbines, turbine components, and offshore foundations in 2019 . Typically