What is the interplay between the opportunities in Atkins in Aberdeen?
Atkins sees the opportunity as one of energy. The world needs energy, and with a minimal carbon impact. That mix will use oil and gas, renewables, nuclear, and conventional, but the technical skills are pretty similar across those, as we see it in Atkins. Renewables, particularly in the marine environment, will use the exact same skills as oil and gas. Atkins is working with a number of renewables developers with technologies, in wind, wave, current, and biomass, where the skills our business has already can be put to good use. However, it’s not a full-fledged industry yet. I can promise a young engineer coming in that they will have a career in oil and gas; the world will need oil and gas over the next 30 or 40 years. Whether there will be similar opportunities available in renewables remains unknown at this stage. Are there any projects to highlight that meld the more traditional industry skills with renewables? There’s a number. The common theme to the opportunity is that Scotland i
