Regional Skills Pilot – North & North East Lincolnshire

The Office for Clean Energy Jobs within the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is supporting the UK’s transition to clean energy through the Clean Energy Jobs Plan,
which sets out their action plan to build a highly skilled and diverse domestic clean energy workforce to meet the demands of Clean Power 2030 and beyond.
This includes the launch of Phase 2 of the Regional Skills Pilot for North and North East Lincolnshire, supporting workers to move into clean energy jobs.

More information on the programme is found here:

Clean energy jobs plan - GOV.UK

Clean energy jobs boom to bring thousands of new jobs - GOV.UK

The Midlands Net Zero Hub (MNZH) is managing the pilot in North and North East Lincolnshire.

Phase 1 (January – June 2025)

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This phase focused on assessing the local workforce needs for clean energy jobs, including skills gaps, challenges and barriers in North and North East Lincolnshire.
The Midlands Net Zero Hub developed a skills mapping plan to identify interventions to re/upskill the workforce and support the transition to clean energy jobs.

Learn more: Support for workers to benefit from thousands of clean power jobs - GOV.UK

Phase 2 (October 2025 – March 2026)

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Following the Phase 1 mapping and identification of skills gaps, Phase 2 will pilot bespoke interventions in the area to support re-skilling and up-skilling efforts in the transition to clean energy jobs.

Key activities include:

Subsidised training in technical and introductory clean energy skills, available for individuals employed in a carbon intensive sector, who are either a resident within the local authority areas of North Lincolnshire or North East Lincolnshire, or have been employed in an office/industrial facility within North Lincolnshire or North East Lincolnshire at any point between December 2023-2025.
Bursaries to support eligible learners in accessing the subsidised clean energy training.
Careers advice and the development of a communications strategy to guide and support the transition into clean energy roles.

MNZH will launch a grant competition on this website by the end of October 2025. A total of £490,000 will become available to independent training providers and higher education institutions to deliver clean energy training and bursaries by the end of March 2026.

Get Involved

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Individuals interested in training that will become available through the pilot can contact the training provider(s) that will be delivering the relevant training directly from December onward.
The list of training providers will be posted on the MNZH website in December.

Please access our privacy notice here: MNZH Privacy Notice

Please access DESNZ privacy notice here: OCEJ Privacy Notice

ONGOING – Clean Energy Skills Training & Bursary Grant Competition

The £490,000 Phase 2 skills training competition of the Regional Skills Pilot Programme, running until March 2026, will provide subsidised training opportunities to the carbon intensive workforce to support the transition to clean energy jobs alongside financial support through bursary provision.

The competition will allocate grant funding to training providers across England (with special focus on those with presence in North and North East Lincolnshire) who are able to deliver Clean Energy Technical Modules and/or Clean Energy Introductory Modules.

To ensure equitable access to learning opportunities, the grant will also offer on a first come first served basis bursary support to eligible learners facing financial or practical barriers that may prevent them from accessing and completing the courses.

The number of organisations funded will depend on the range of courses proposed and the quality of the proposals received.

Please see Table 1 in the Guidance for important dates relevant to the competition.

The competition is managed by: The Midlands Net Zero Hub

Competition documents published: 17 November 2025

Application deadline: 9:00 am on 1 December 2025

Application documents:

Regional Skills Pilot Phase 2: Grant Competition Guidance
Regional Skills Pilot Phase 2: Application Form
Regional Skills Pilot: Privacy Notice

FAQs added on 26 November 2025:
Regional Skills Pilot Phase2 (N & NE Lincolnshire) Competition: clarification questions with responses

Further information

The programme is administered by the Midlands Net Zero Hub.

For further information on the scheme, please contact regionalskillspilot@nottinghamcity.gov.uk