SCOTLAND'S energy minister Gillian Martin will this week lead a trade delegation to Denmark, it has been announced.
Martin will be in Copenhagen to tout the country’s renewable sector in meetings with the Danish Parliament’s Climate, Energy and Supply Committee, the country’s energy agency and North Sea wind turbine manufacturer Esbjerg Port.
The Aberdeenshire East MSP also said that the two freeports created in Scotland will offer more opportunities for trade with Nordic countries.Along with the minister, Scottish Renewables, Crown Estate Scotland, SSE and representatives of ports in Aberdeen and the Forth will also join the delegation.
“As our Programme for Government sets out, we will accelerate further economic growth in these areas, including seizing the enormous economic benefits which being a world leader of the green energy revolution presents. “Our rich natural resources put Scotland and Denmark at the forefront of the just transition, a green revolution which will prioritise sustainable jobs and a wellbeing