Scottish Energy Transition supply chain – myth and reality
The fact the UK manufactures so little is inexplicable considering the universities, investment banks and funding for net zero energy transition bodies, columnist Dick Winchester argues.
The fact the UK manufactures so little is inexplicable considering the universities, investment banks and funding for net zero energy transition bodies, columnist Dick Winchester argues.
As the energy industry turns its attention to Aberdeen for Offshore Europe, Sian Lloyd Rees, the industry’s appointed supply chain champion, says firms are geared up for the opportunity at this this “global” event.
The UK government has outlined what it sees as the obstacles the country faces within its carbon capture storage supply chain.
Keith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, was on the radio the other day and I almost cheered.
A leading union has accused the Scottish Government of being “deliberately misleading” after it indicated that Westminster was to blame for supply chain firms north of the border missing out on offshore wind contracts.
An oil & gas industry strategy for Scotland, targeting higher long-term recovery rates, greater exports and £30billion supply chain annual sales by 2020 is plain commonsense.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry said on a visit to Aberdeen that the UK North Sea had seen a record volume of project approvals and spending this year.