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Representatives from leading renewable energy organisations met with the GWO Solar Training Committee in London to explore standardised solar job roles, including core training and competency requirements for the solar workforce.
Offering specialist services across the full lifecycle of wind turbine operations, FairWind delivers global technical expertise to the workforce involved in onshore and offshore projects, across 40 countries.
If you’re eager to bring fresh perspectives to the conversation, we're now open for abstract submissions for the Forum '26.
GWO joined leading developers, vessel operators and turbine manufacturers at a workshop focused on improving training to support safer vessel operations offshore.
Read about GWO's contributions to WindEurope 2026 and the important industry discussions on workforce development, skills and safety in support of Europe’s energy transition that took place.
This year’s Solar Energy Bucharest Summit (SEBS) in Romania saw participation from GWO for the first time, with the emphasis on ensuring industry-recognised skills for the solar workforce.
If you’re a Training Provider, member or employer curious to engage in the conversation about training and skills in the wind and solar industries, join us in Paris for the Forum ’26.
Now in its seventh edition, GWO’s Annual Report looks back on the collective efforts of the community and how key strategic initiatives are supporting standardised workforce training for the energy transition.
GWO joined more than 1,600 industry professionals in the Operations, Maintenance and Safety community to engage in several days of conversations on safety, workforce development and the US renewable energy training landscape.
Important updates to GWO Training Standards. Published 10 March 2026
Global Wind Organisation has updated the Basic Technical Training Gap Matrix Tables, to include the legacy training packages of two further members.
GWO has developed a new Requirement for Performing BTT Gap Training and Merit Assessment, as members begin transferring technicians to the BTT Standard.
A busy few months has resulted in Global Wind Organisation making frequent headlines in the renewable energy industry trade media.
Copenhagen – Thursday 22 February 2018 – Global Wind Organisation has published its first annual report, which shows that during 2017 44,418 technicians from 135 countries received GWO certified safety training in 2017.
A Global Wind Organisation team will demonstrate the benefits and opportunities of global safety training standards at a key conference in the USA next week.
Technicians trained in enhanced first aid (EFA) moved a step closer after the GWO EFA work group finalized its first draft of the standard.
Training providers will soon be selected to conduct pilot tests of the GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard.
GWO officially kicked off its Blade Repair Working Group last week, meeting at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in Brande, Central Denmark.
More than 43,000 technicians from 135 countries received GWO certified safety training in 2017, helping wind turbine manufacturers and operators reduce costs, cut duplication and improve quality.
The wind industry is constantly evolving and the same applies for the training required to stay safe. A GWO working group is therefore testing an update to the BST Sea Survival module and has recently completed a pilot.
GWO is proud to announce that Shanghai Electric has joined the organization as a new member.
GWO is proud to announce that Envision has joined the organization as a new member.
GWO is developing an Enhanced First Aid (EFA) training standard, to provide employers with an extra level of first aid training that can help stabilize and keep casualties alive until rescue arrives and thereby avoid deterioration of the situation.
At the GWO Steering Committee meeting on September 20-21, decisions were made on priorities for training standards to be developed in the coming year and on fee levels for 2018.
RenewableUK is withdrawing its training standards and will continue recognizing GWO as the industry standard going forward.
The GWO secretariat is happy to announce the appointment of Jakob Bjørn Nielsen as Senior Training Advisor.
Following the first full quarter of operations, GWO is releasing its first report on training statistics retrieved from the WINDA database.
Training Providers that are certified to deliver the BMT are automatically approved to deliver the BTT, and are asked to update their training course content according to the new standard.
GWO has developed a Code of Conduct
GWO is pleased to announce that innogy SE, Enercon and GoldWind have all signed on as a members of Global Wind Organisation.
The GWO secretariat is happy to announce that we have expanded the team with our new colleague, Haben Zekarias.
GWO has developed a merit process that enables companies to assess existing qualifications and training among staff and merit those that fulfill the criteria to an equivalent GWO training record in WINDA.
The Basic Maintenance Training (BMT) Standard was released in July 2016 and has been well received by the industry.
The companies signing this charter of support commit to use and recognize GWO solar training standards whenever appropriate for work functions pertaining to the renewable energy industry in order to mitigate risks faced by own employees as well as other personnel working for suppliers.
The awards are the world’s first of their kind, celebrating the impact of safety training to the wind energy workforce.
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The 2018 GWO Stakeholder Forum has been confirmed, with a full day programme planned as a side event to the WindEurope Global Wind Summit in Hamburg.
GWO is playing its part in Global Wind Day today, as the windpower industry celebrates its growing contribution to the worldwide energy mix.
The Sea Survival training centre will form the basis of Goldwind's offshore safety training programme going forward and the company expects to award substantial numbers of GWO certificates when it begins operation.
Global Wind Organisation member Shanghai Electric is stepping up its Basic Safety Training for technicians, with a new local sourcing arrangement.
GWO Working Groups have made significant progress in developing new standards, with the completion of three pilot tests during May.
