OPITO and NOWI announce partnership to support skills and safety in the US offshore wind sector
OPITO, the leading global safety and skills organisation for the energy industry, and the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), based at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts, have today (Thursday 28[th] April) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will support thousands of new jobs in the growing US offshore wind energy sector.Under the terms of the MoU, OPITO will work with NOWI to optimise workforce development and provide skills and safety training for the emerging New Bedford Port cluster in South Massachusetts and its pipeline of offshore wind projects. The U.S