Experience to consider

Many countries’ leaders stress the need for strengthening human resources for improving the quality of energy. They urge their governments to focus efforts on promoting renewable energy technologies and pledged international community with commitment to strengthen national energy sector with renewable energy technologies. On one hand, most of developed countries succeeded in their efforts and currently renewable energy contribution in those countries are significant and the industry in general is on the stage of exponential growth. The same is true for those developing nations whose governments have taken concrete steps towards harnessing renewable energy resources for socio-economic development of their country. On the other hand, many efforts in last years by a number of states and organizations have yet to achieve a renewable energy marketplace. Experts view this was a consequence of three fundamental things: (i) first, not achieving the critical messages and motivators needed to affect business and consumer behavioural change; (ii) second, despite widespread publicity and media coverage of the subject, most consumers are not aware of any compelling reason to choose renewable energy; (iii) third, not effectively leveraging the investment and incentives as most available research suggests that price is still the single most important factor in selecting a renewable energy comes with a premium price; (iv) fourth, the target audience is diverse and complex [5].

The demand for skilled and knowledgeable labour throughout the renewable energy industry and increasing interest from students has spurred several educational institutions across the U. S. and Europe to add undergraduate or graduate degrees, or certification programs in renewable energies to their curricula.

Obviously as a part of obstacles is that benefits of renewable energy have not clearly communicated with the public, customers and decision makers. Educational quality, measured by what people know, has powerful effects on individual earnings, on the distribution of income, and on economic growth [6]. The role of education and its quality becomes important and crucial not only in general terms but in this specific area as well.

In fact, what most people like about their utility is the total absence of having to think about it at all. For those who have an understanding of options, reliability is then a worry. Concern about a change to an unfamiliar source represents a significant barrier to switching that must be addressed and overcome.

Another key factor is that education supports market and industry development in renewable energy field. For an economy, education can increase the human capital in the labour force. It can also increase the innovative capacity of the economy, knowledge of new technologies, products, and processes promotes growth. Education facilitates the diffusion and transmission of knowledge needed to understand and process new information and to implement new technologies devised by others, again promoting growth [7].