Humza Yousaf has launched a new green energy blueprint for Scotland’s net zero mission - as he also vowed not to “abandon” oil and gas workers. In his first major business speech since becoming First Minister, at the All-Energy conference in Glasgow, he pledged to boost renewables and invest heavily in projects trialling so-called “green hydrogen”.
The FM insisted the Scottish Government will “lead from the front” in moving to cleaner energy sources - and warned UK ministers not to hold back progress. It comes amid a growing clamour for the Tory government to commit funding to the Acorn carbon capture project in Aberdeen and division over plans to green-light more North Sea projects.
Giving his keynote speech to the All-Energy summit at the SEC - the UK’s biggest green energy conference - Yousaf said he would continue to support the oil and gas sector while investment in low-carbon technologies is ramped up.
