Stephen Gethins

so but you also uh you know were worried about the strategic spatial plan is that yeah i i met i met up

with uh stephen gethins the the scottish energy minister uh this this week as he was up in aberdeen visiting siemens siemens energy's latest cohort of uh of apprentices who are going to be at the aberdeen power academy uh opened by 3t this week And we got around to that topic.

As you can imagine, apprentices are training up to work on the transmission network.

Of course, the SSEP got mentioned.

SMP Government Urged to Create Community Wealth Fund from Data Centres by Lucy Jackson The Scottish Government has been urged to harness the money generated by large-scale renewables projects and other big developments, such as AI data centres, to benefit all Scots.

Community organisations and campaigners wrote to Scottish Energy Minister Stephen Gethins on Friday about the creation of a Scottish Community Wealth Fund.

to secure more wealth from large-scale projects to finance projects that benefit local communities.

Members of the Scottish Community Coalition on Energy and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland said a properly structured and community-centred wealth fund would have a transformational impact for communities and local economies across Scotland.