The CEO of Great British (GB) Energy has defended the company’s job creation record after controversy surrounding the chairman’s initial figures arose.
CEO Dan McGrail said the firm was recruiting around two people a week for its Aberdeen HQ and the total would eventually rise to around 300.
However in 2024, Chairman Jurgen Maier initially suggested that the facility would directly employ 1,000 people in the next 20 years, causing many to claim the figures have been oversold.
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast Mr McGrail said: “The thing that we really ought to be measured on…is about the impact that our investments make.
“We’ve been given a budget to invest in the energy transition and to give a stake to the public in the energy transition. We’ve set a target to create 10,000 additional jobs as a result of our activities by 2030.”
Scottish Conservative MP for Aberdeen South, Douglas Lumsden said progress was “far short of the expectations they created”.
He said: “If it’s only adding two employees a week, it raises serious questions about how the government expects to reach its stated target of 300 staff in any reasonable timeframe.”
Labour has promised to back GB Energy with £8.3 billion of funding over the lifetime of the current parliament, while Mr McGrail says the money has benefited 70 Scottish projects.
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