By Gordon McIntosh, director, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG)
According to research by RGU Energy Transition Institute, over 200,000 offshore workers will be needed in the UK by 2030, and over 65% of the workforce will support low carbon energy activities.
Canada has energy resources of a scale that its neighbour next door covets and guzzles with abandon. There is a great deal of mutual cross-border dependence but it wasn’t always that way.
By Gordon McIntosh, director, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG)
In the wake of COP26 in November last year, the need for a skilled and well-trained workforce to deliver the transition to renewable energy has been recognised globally.
Due east across the Atlantic from the Northern North Sea/West of Shetland is Atlantic Canada, home to a small but important cluster of oilfield developments located off Newfoundland.