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Inside the London Power Tunnels: How the UK energy sector is striving to recruit 400,000 people to power the net zero transition

Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

28 January 2020 • 7 min read

Some 117,000 new recruits will be needed within the next decade if the UK is to decarbonise power and heat networks in time for 2050

Buried 32 metres below the rumbling traffic of north London's Seven Sisters road lies a powerful sign of the revolution underway in Britain's energy system. The London Power Tunnels, which run east...

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