Aberdeen

Aberdeen is a city on Scotland's north-east coast and the administrative centre of Aberdeen City Council. Its harbour has a history spanning almost 900 years. About 3,000 ships were built in Aberdeen between 1790 and 1989, and the city became a major fishing port during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

North Sea oil and gas transformed its economy after their discovery in the late 1960s, making Aberdeen Europe's offshore energy capital. That industrial base now sits alongside work on energy transition. Aberdeen City Council describes the city as being at the heart of the energy sector and treats the transition as a priority. Its hydrogen programme followed a ten-year strategy from 2015 to 2025, aimed at establishing the region as a leader in hydrogen technology and supporting a lower-carbon energy system.