Wind and solar grew as industries, but solar in particular is regarded as a tough business to be in because new entrants keep making better and cheaper solar panels leading to cutthroat competition.
That's a very different skill set than gaining access to scarce mineral resources and monopolising them to extract maximum profit.
Some subcontractors may have transferrable skills e.g. offshore boat crews but at a high level the two industries are fairly incompatible.
It doesn't help that the fossil companies have succeeded in using politics to salt the ground of their potential new ventures at home. A real burn the boats moment for them.
That's a very different skill set than gaining access to scarce mineral resources and monopolising them to extract maximum profit.
Some subcontractors may have transferrable skills e.g. offshore boat crews but at a high level the two industries are fairly incompatible.
It doesn't help that the fossil companies have succeeded in using politics to salt the ground of their potential new ventures at home. A real burn the boats moment for them.