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#renewables

Our plans are built on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to upgrade the UK electricity network,

Welcome to Cold Call, where we dive deep into Harvard Business School's groundbreaking case studies. It's been 10 years since 195 nations signed the Paris Agreement, the landmark international treaty that formalized the concept of net zero emissions. Today, thousands of companies around the world have set ambitious goals to achieve net zero emissions, including Tata Power, India's oldest and largest private power producer.

Plumbers, electricians and welders are among 31 priority occupations that are "particularly in demand", with employment in renewable, wind, solar and nuclear expected to double to 860,000 in five years, ministers have said. Speaking on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said thousands of jobs were needed to develop Britain's clean energy sector to "get bills down for good".

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), China currently manufactures over 80% of the world's solar panel components and 95% of heat pump compressors.