Career progression and skills in Smart Local Energy Systems

Oritsetimeyin Arueyingho, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Caroline Bird

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Abstract

Newly emerging digitally-connected and renewables-based energy systems (often referred to as ‘Smart Local Energy Systems’) aim to generate, supply, manage and balance energy across all vectors as well as to improve efficiencies and deliver social, environmental and economic benefits to the local communities. This paper presents a qualitative study of fifty current Smart Local Energy System professionals to report on the career progression paths taken to engage in this newly emerging sector. Based on the careers of these professionals, we sketched examples of career progression paths in various sub-sectors of the Smart Local Energy System, as well as discussed the factors that foster professional development. Drawing on the evidence from this study, a set of desirable actions for employers, policy makers, teaching and training providers, and accrediting bodies are also discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number121596
JournalApplied Energy
Volume349
Early online date28 Jul 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research is funded by EnergyREV, United Kingdom (UKRI/EPSRC grant number EP/S031898/1 ).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023

Research Groups and Themes

  • Bristol Interaction Group

Keywords

  • local energy
  • Interview study
  • smart local energy systems
  • Factors impacting careers in energy
  • Career progression
  • smart energy

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