Question reference: S5W-35705
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with operators of oil and gas production facilities in the North Sea, ahead of potential applications through the ScotWind Leasing process.
Answer
Oil and gas operators have engaged with our offshore wind planning process and our offshore wind policy statement through their associated consultations. This has helped inform those reports. These engagements have been supplemented by regular discussions which are conducted with the Oil and Gas sector as a routine part of government business, primarily with through the Oil and Gas and Energy Transition Strategic Leadership Group (SLG) which I Chair; the SLG has discussed ScotWind in high level terms during a number of the meetings through the course of the pandemic as we seek to build engagement of the sector in the energy transition