The future of the North Sea and the wider energy transition came under the spotlight last night as Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce and Shepherd and Wedderburn brought the Holyrood Sources podcast live to the Aberdeen Music Hall.
In front of an audience of 500, senior political figures including UK Energy Minister Michael Shanks, Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho, and Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes debated the big questions shaping the industry.
The wide-ranging discussion covered North Sea licensing and taxation, the burden of transmission charging, community benefit from wind projects, and the continuing challenge of high energy bills for households and businesses.
The event, chaired by Geoff Aberdein, Andy Maciver and Calum Macdonald, amplified the Chamber's long-standing calls for energy policies which protect jobs, secure affordable energy and position the North-east as the engine of the UK’s energy transition.
