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A WORLD LEADER IN ENERGY Aberdeen is on its way to becoming a world-class all-energy hub utilising the expertise, transferable skills and supply chain in the region and working towards a low carbon economy operating at the forefront of hydrogen technology in Europe
“The oil and gas industry has amazing diverse and high value skills and a broader set of capabilities applicable to renewable, tidal and marine energies. We encourage innovation, invest in small companies, partner them with larger ones and bring them on. In just two years, we have approved more than 160 projects and have more than 50 field trials in the North Sea. Over the next two years we plan to be even more active, looking at the necessary technologies to allow companies to grow, develop and export, and also to diversify. We help to accelerate businesses with competition: this year we had 180 applications from 35 countries. Our Tier I visa status is key in attracting the best companies that stay and grow in Aberdeen.”
> 75 per cent of the world’s sub-sea engineering capability is rooted in Aberdeen > A £360 million global technology hub for the oil and gas industry is bringing together industry-led research and knowledge, developing innovative projects to unlock the remaining potential of the North Sea and to connect Scottish and UK technology developers to wider global opportunities > Up to 20 billion barrels of oil and gas are still in the North Sea and a sector deal with UK government seeks to unlock £920 billion by 2035 with much of the activity focused on Aberdeen > The world’s first floating windfarm by Equinor > Vattenfall’s offshore wind test and research centre is in Aberdeen Bay > NorthConnect, a £1.5bn project providing an electrical link between Scotland and Norway to increase the use of renewable energy > Plans for a world leading carbon capture and storage project based in Peterhead PARTNERSHIPS > Strong partnerships between the public and private sector are a key driver in Aberdeen’s developing sector strengths > The National Decommissioning Centre > The Oil and Gas Tech Centre working with Aberdeen University: focused on helping industry develop best practice in new ways of decommissioning, vital for both the North Sea, and exportable globally > The Innovation Hub in Underwater Engineering > The Oil and Gas Tech Centre is working with Robert Gordons University to develop real underwater engineering skills as well as capitalising on the existing.
Colette Cohen, CEO, Oil and Gas Technology Centre
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