We are in the middle of an energy transition when it comes to reaching Europe’s Green Deal challenges by 2050, providing a great opportunity for renewable energy to strive for more established, more innovative and more embedded initiatives such as the Centres of Vocational Excellence. In the European Green Deal it is stated that: “Renewable energy sources will have an essential role. Increasing offshore wind production will be essential, building on regional cooperation between Member States. The EU goal of climate neutrality by 2050 requires 25 times increase in offshore wind installed capacity. Already in the next 10 years the volume of offshore wind in Europe needs to rise from 25 GW to over 110 GW. This given fact will have huge on the requirements for skilled personnel, needs for harmonization and need for international cooperation. For the planning & installation phase of an offshore wind farm EnBW estimates 25 Full Time Employees (FTE) per MW installed. If Europe have 110 GW installed by 2030, this means 85.000 MW new installed capacity the next 9 years, which means more than 2 million new FTE in the planning & installation phase. For Operation & Maintenance EnBW estimates 1.2 FTE/MW, giving 102 000 new employees working the whole period of operation (25 – 30 years). As we know there will be a considerable shift in the work force due to mobility, the number of trained and reskilled personnel will be even higher. What are the difficulties and possible solutions to this issue: 1. While wind power is essential to the climate fight, wind alone will not suffice to meet the United Nations Paris Agreement’s goal of avoiding a 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperature. Decarbonizing all sectors of the economy, including heavy industry and transportation, requires passion, it requires sector coupling of industry, thus cooperation between industry leaders and above all new green skills. 2. Skills obtained at a young age no longer suffice to last an entire career,