New Energy Skills
Building the global workforce for a clean energy future
The clean energy transition is moving fast but without skilled people to build and maintain it, it will stall. Most countries, especially those in the Global South, lack the trained workforce needed to scale solutions like rooftop solar, e-mobility and energy efficiency.
Our New Energy Skills initiative is closing this gap by equipping people with the practical skills and entrepreneurial capacity to participate in the clean energy economy, not just as employees, but as business owners, leaders, and changemakers. We focus on women, youth and under-served communities to ensure the transition is inclusive and locally driven.
Graduates from all New Energy Skills programs with 78% graduation rate
Participants from underrepresented communities
New Energy Academy graduates work in solar or have launched their own solar businesses
Solar installed by 600+ trained graduates (Philippines)
Our New Energy Skills initiative employs three integrated program types, each program type addresses specific workforce barriers
Technical training: Hands-on training for solar, EV maintenance and energy efficiency delivered through local partners
Entrepreneurship development: Business training and coaching to turn technical skills into scalable enterprises
Career pathway creation: University partnerships, internships and industry linkages that convert skills into jobs and long-term careers
Philippines Entrepreneurship 101
Hybrid training on energy fundamentals & startup business models.
Success story
After years abroad, Jimmy Ricohermoso returned to the Philippines with a mission to power communities through solar energy. Equipped with skills and confidence from New Energy Academy’s certified hybrid courses, he founded SolarXEnergy.
Within just a month of graduating, his company began installing residential solar systems already delivering 20 kWp across three cities, with ambitious plans to grow even further.
