South West College students will be among the first in the UK to train with the low-emission fuel rig.
BBC NI agriculture and environment correspondentThe South West College in Omagh is the first further education site to use the technology in its automotive courses.highlights the gap in skills for new technologies needed in the transition to a zero-carbon economy.
Staff at the college have been training on the rig in preparation for students beginning courses in September.James Brady, the consultant electric vehicle assessor, has been working with the tutors. "We see this as the future. For example, in Germany they've a hundred hydrogen fuelling stations, Holland they've 20 or 30, Belgium 20 or 30.
Transport is one of eight industries examined in the report from the Department for the Economy by Energy & Utility Skills.
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