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“Drill Baby Drill?” Oil & Gas, Renewables, Consumers & Communities

“Drill Baby Drill?” Oil & Gas, Renewables, Consumers & Communities

Update: 2025-09-02
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Scotland’s energy future is at a crossroads.

In this special episode of Holyrood Sources, recorded live at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen, we bring together leading voices to debate oil, gas, renewables, community power projects, and the politics driving the UK’s energy transition.

Guests include:

  • Claire Mack – Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables
  • Andrew Bowie MP – Conservative MP for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine, Shadow Minister for Energy
  • Angus Macdonald – Community energy company director from the Western Isles

Topics covered:

  • The oil vs renewables binary: false choice or political reality?
  • Grid failures & why community projects can’t get connected
  • Net Zero deadlines: realistic or damaging?
  • How UK & Scottish Governments can fix energy investment challenges
  • The future of Grangemouth, Sullom Voe & North Sea oil assets
  • Why ordinary households are paying the price for failed energy policy

🎧 Tomorrow’s follow-up episode features a major debate with:

  • Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
  • Michael Shanks, UK Government Energy Minister
  • Claire Coutinho, Shadow Energy Secretary

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“Drill Baby Drill?” Oil & Gas, Renewables, Consumers & Communities

“Drill Baby Drill?” Oil & Gas, Renewables, Consumers & Communities