We started loosing the needed experienced skilled labor long ago and in many area's of the once growing economy, you can't learn sills at a desk, and we're even loosing more today as to stagnant wages and few benefits let alone depleted construction and manufacturing, they All greatly build a robust economy from the hard work, physical and mental, needed to the innovations they bring to product development and more!
While the evolution of the smart grid promises to propel our nation into energy efficiency, its realization is not without challenges. Building business cases to secure funding for deployments with limited case study history, selecting the "right" new technology from myriad new suppliers, integrating these solutions into an aging grid and facilitating consumer participation to ensure the capital investment in deployment ultimately pays off are all tangible challenges for the utility sector.
Perhaps less tangible are the human capital requirements needed to pull it all off. While researchers anticipated explosive job growth due to funding from both the public and private sectors, actual job creation has been nothing short of lackluster. This three-part series will examine the reasons behind the shortfall and the short- and long-term challenges facing the utility market. read more>>>
Part I: The Job Growth Quagmire outlined several driving factors behind the slower-than-expected job creation within the smart grid sector. While taxing, these obstacles are not insurmountable, and utilities need to be proactive in addressing the human capital challenges that lie ahead.Utilities are going to be caught between a rock and a hard place in the very near future because their workforce challenges will be four-fold...a quadruple whammy, so to speak: read more>>>
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