Following the publication of the Scottish Government’s Green Industrial Strategy, OEUK’s chief executive, David Whitehouse said:
'We will take time to discuss this strategy with our members, but early signs are that this is a pragmatic approach adopted by the Scottish government’s Green Industrial Strategy, which recognises that the opportunities to deliver a UK homegrown energy transition are huge.
The offshore energies industry supports the acceleration of renewable energies and welcomes the Strategy’s focus on maximising Scotland’s wind economy, developing a self-sustaining carbon capture and storage and growing the hydrogen sector. These will build on our oil and gas expertise and world-class capabilities, which are vital to delivering this energy transition successfully.
The strategy prioritises a competitive fiscal environment and regulatory certainty which is key to attracting and facilitating the investment required to deliver net zero. This is vital if we are to harness the potential of our world-leading supply chain and our skilled workforce to achieve this and it’s good to see that the Scottish government is committed to ensuring capacity is retained and developed with this goal in mind.
'We expect more detail to be published in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming energy strategy'.
Source: OEUK
