The purpose of this Sector Background Study is to contextualise the current skills landscape within the Namibian energy sector. It is a foundational component of the ILO's Skills for Productivity, Environment, and Economic Diversification (SPEED) methodology, derived from the ILO's Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) approach, which aims to align skills development with the needs of key economic sectors to enhance trade performance and economic diversification. The study provides evidence and analysis of strategic development challenges that the Energy sector is facing and the contribution skills can make to address those challenges. It takes a forward-looking approach to reviewing relevant policy, the institutional and socio-economic context for the sector development, anticipated skills implications, and together with supply side analysis, aims to generate an overview of current and emerging skills gaps and challenges. The scope of this study is to collate all available information, which encompasses a literature review and collection of current data, for an analysis of the Namibian energy sector. For the purposes of this study, the research covers Namibia's renewable and non-renewable energy sectors, with a specific focus on the oil and gas, renewable energies (mostly solar and wind with some reference to hydropower), Green Hydrogen and the Bioenergy sub-sectors, which are considered priority subsectors, for different reasons, and analysed throughout the report. The study aims to provide an understanding of the current state of the energy sector, including its economic contribution, workforce profile, and business environment. It also seeks to identify the skills required to support the sector's growth and transformation, particularly in emerging renewable energies, such as GH2.