New EnerTransEdu report explores energy transition and green skills in Malta and Türkiye

EnerTransEdu has published a new report examining the pathways towards a low-carbon economy in Malta and Türkiye, and the skills needed to put them into practice. Bringing together energy technologies, industrial transformation and workforce development, the report highlights the role of vocational education and training in supporting a sustainable and fair transition.

The shift towards carbon neutrality is reshaping how energy is generated, how businesses operate and how people work. As infrastructure and technologies evolve, technicians, students and educators need access to training that reflects the changing demands of the workplace. The report places this connection between technological progress and practical skills at the centre of the energy transition.

For Malta, the report explores opportunities to reduce energy demand and improve efficiency across buildings, transport and the service economy. Areas examined include energy retrofits in the hospitality sector, renewable electricity generation, smarter electric vehicle charging and the conversion of organic waste into useful energy. These approaches reflect the importance of making effective use of limited space and resources while strengthening the resilience of the energy system.

In Türkiye, the focus extends to the transformation of energy-intensive industries, including steel, cement and aluminium. The report examines pathways such as hydrogen-based steelmaking, lower-carbon cement production, carbon capture and increased metal recycling. These technologies illustrate the scale of the changes facing industrial operations and the specialist knowledge required to support them.

Across both countries, the report identifies shared needs for modern electricity networks, energy storage and digital energy management. Smart grids, local microgrids and storage technologies can support the integration of renewable energy, while sensors, monitoring systems and data analytics can help organisations understand and improve their energy performance.

Delivering these changes depends on a workforce equipped to install, operate, monitor and maintain increasingly complex systems. The report therefore highlights priorities for vocational training, including greenhouse gas accounting, carbon auditing, energy performance monitoring and the use of digital tools. It also examines practical competencies associated with waste heat recovery, carbon capture equipment and advanced energy management systems.

For vocational education providers, these findings underline the need to connect curricula with emerging workplace requirements. For employers and learners, they show how green and digital competencies are becoming closely linked across technical roles.

Through cooperation between Malta and Türkiye, EnerTransEdu aims to help bridge the green skills gap and strengthen the contribution of vocational education to the energy transition. The new report provides a starting point for educators, students, technicians and other stakeholders to explore how training can support the technologies and practices shaping a lower-carbon economy.