Maggie McGinlay: Energy Transition Zone is essential for all the north-east community

Maggie McGinlay: Energy Transition Zone is essential for all the north-east community

All of us who live in north-east of Scotland are acutely aware how reliant our economy has been on a world-class oil and gas sector.

For almost 50 years the region has made a massive contribution to the UK’s economic productivity and energy requirements and, in doing so, has sustained thousands of jobs in and across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

The industry is now maturing, and, in the context of an unprecedented climate emergency, there are widespread calls from government and industry for energy transition activities to be accelerated.