Connect UK: Why are UK's Energy Projects Moving to the Right?

In this special Energy Insights episode recorded at EIC Connect Energy UK in Manchester, our host Stuart Broadley, CEO of the EIC, examines the realities of the UK’s energy transition through a series of candid conversations with leaders from across industry, government and the energy supply chain. The episode explores the growing disconnect between the pace of oil and gas decline and the slower-than-expected ramp-up of new energy projects, the risk of long-term skills and capability loss, and why so many projects continue to move “to the right.” Discussion spans workforce mobility, export pressures, foreign direct investment, decommissioning, grid expansion, and the urgent need for clearer policy direction and better sequencing that reflects real project timelines.

With perspectives covering oil and gas, renewables, CCUS, hydrogen, nuclear, decommissioning, infrastructure and global export markets, the episode features Michael Love, Director of Policy at OPITO; Shozey Jafferi, Head of Energy Transition at the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade; Becca Groundwater, Global Head of External Affairs at the EIC; Steve Andrew, Director of Technical and Business Development at RVA Group; Cheryl Wells, UK Business Development Manager at Wood; Phil Hackett, Regional Manager for the UK, Ireland and the Nordics at TRS Workforce Solutions; Dawn Robertson, Global Director and Oil & Gas Sector Lead at Bureau Veritas; Kim Stephen, Regional Director for UK & Ireland at the EIC; and Neil Golding, Director of Market Intelligence at the EIC.