New Scot Gov faces ‘careful’ balancing act between recovery and transition, says energy chief

New Scot Gov faces ‘careful’ balancing act between recovery and transition, says energy chief

The new Scottish Government needs to strike a “careful balance” between economic recovery and energy transition in order to protect jobs, according to an industry chief.

Paul de Leeuw, director of Robert Gordon University’s Energy Transition Institute, said it is up to politicians to shape the “narrative” around decarbonisation and to help write the “next exciting chapter” in the North Sea’s story.

However, he warned it is going to take “really clever, smart planning” in order to ensure that jobs can be transferred between oil and gas and other sectors.