Retraining course on hydrogen for oil and gas workers provided by Brunel

The Netherlands-based energy recruitment company Brunel and the Groningen-based business school, The Energy Delta Institute, launched a degree for oil and gas workers to retrain them for jobs in the hydrogen sector. Brunel found the degree after receiving the survey results it undertook with

oilandgasjobsearch.com, which showed a third of oil and gas workers were looking for new jobs in the renewables industry. The European Union will invest EUR 250 billion (of which EUR 4.5 billion is planned in the Netherlands) into hydrogen production, generating strong demand for hydrogen specialists in the coming years. The course will be a fully accredited postgraduate degree covering the fundamentals of hydrogen production, usage (mobility, industry and built environment), the entire value chain and policies, and regulatory and legal issues. It will be the first such programme in the world. It is planned as a part-time

course, once a week for nine months, with 25 available spots for Brunel’s clients with more than five years in engineering and legal roles. After the pilot phase,

Brunel plans to launch additional international programmes.