SCOTLAND has produced only around a tenth of the offshore wind jobs forecast by ministers as it aimed to make the country the green energy capital of Europe.
The latest official estimates show that 3100 full time jobs in offshore wind in 2021.
Ten years ago the Scottish Government were championing the desire to be the green energy capital of Europe with around 28,000 jobs in offshore wind alone.
It comes as GMB Scotland has written to energy secretary Neil Gray asking for an urgent summit to ensure that the nation does not continue to get the green jobs revolution wrong.
They want to ensure more turbines and other infrastructure for wind farms off the coast of Scotland are built here to create more jobs.
It coincided with Mr Gray travelling to Japan for a trade visit to encourage further investment in renewables.
The GMB says Mr Gray “does not need to fly around the world” to create renewables jobs in Scotland. https://www.heraldscotland.com/…/23489568.offshore…/
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