Scottish green energy a better job creator than decom, ex-minister says
ByCalum Ross
The Brent Alpha platform.
A former Scottish Government minister has backed calls to leave old oil and gas platforms in the North Sea forever – and invest the £15billion saving in green energy.
SNP politician Alex Neil said such move would create “far more jobs” than decommissioning the assets, and offer a “net gain” to the environment and economy.
The former health secretary was speaking to the Press and Journal at the launch of a paper on the subject by Tom Baxter, an Aberdeen University lecturer and former oil and gas consultant.
