Green Volt to work with supply chain to bring about standardised design
Vårgrønn boss Stephen Bull discusses UK manufacturing, progress on Green Volt and the role of Chinese manufacturing in floating wind.
Transgender people in sport: ‘political aspects are overriding the human aspect’
This summer saw Paris host the Summer Olympics and with that came mounting debate surrounding transgender athletes and how they compete.
How BP’s radio show was set up inside a 400-year-old Scottish castle
An unlikely tale of folk singing, Johnny Cash and the first women in the North Sea…
Safelift marks 30 years with £1 million investment
Aberdeenshire’s Safelift Offshore is looking to open a new fabrication facility and create jobs through a £1million investment to mark its 30th anniversary.
Kintore Hydrogen submits planning application to Aberdeenshire Council
Developers behind the largest proposed hydrogen production scheme in the UK have reached a preliminary stage in the planning process.
Petrofac reports net loss of $162m in half year results
In “another challenging period for Petrofac” the firm has reported a net loss of $162 million in the first half of 2024.
EVOL: GB Energy finally comes to Aberdeen
That wait is over! Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced at this week's Labour Party conference that GB Energy will be based in Aberdeen.
WATCH: ‘There is no backup’ for offshore firefighters
“They are the fire team, there is no backup initially," firefighter of 28 years Nigel Strachan said about offshore first responders.
The wait for pumped storage hydro support in Scotland continues
The wait for pumped storage hydro cap and floor clarity continues as government says industry will learn more ‘in due course’.
UK offshore pipeline firms issue rallying cry as Labour budget looms
Closure threats come to light as the operators of the UK's largest pipelines highlight the impacts of windfall tax changes
Bridges and Bottlenecks 06: The next steps for the energy transition
Bridges and Bottlenecks is the latest podcast series by Energy Voice Out Loud in partnership with DNV. Each episode looks to address the hard-hitting issues within the energy transition. Technology exists that will be the bridge to take us there, but there are still a number of bottlenecks that stand in the way of progress.
EVOL: All about OEUK’s big day out in Aberdeen
On Energy Voice Out Loud this week, news editor Erikka Askeland and reporter Mathew Perry take in the OEUK Conference: Powering Our Energy Future.
UK’s critical gas infrastructure at risk if investment allowance scrapped
NSMP CEO calls for industry and policymakers to collaborate to deliver a just transition as UK gas faces risk from fiscal instability.
SPE celebrates 50 years in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) celebrated its half-centenary with a knees up in the Granite City’s Music Hall.
Energy job losses in Aberdeen affect more than just industry
North-east business leaders not yet certain if GB Energy can fill the gap as job loss concerns hit energy sector.
TV presenter and Integrity HSE aim to educate workers about mental illness
Integrity HSE aims to promote a better understanding of how mental illness can impact energy workers as it teams up with a former newsreader.
CCS licences ‘smoke and mirrors’ as Track 1 waits for government clarity
A leading analyst said that additional CCS licences are "not going to save the North Sea" as Track 1 projects wait for government clarity.
EVOL: Winds of change blowing… just not strong enough
This week EVOL looks at AR6 winners, the onshore wind conference and GB Energy as rumours reach reach fever pitch.
Finding your seat at the boardroom table
Over the last decade great strides have been taken when it comes to the number of women in board positions with the FTSE Women Leader’s Review reporting a record high for FTSE 350 companies of 42.1% women’s representation.
North Sea bellwether BP plods on as dark clouds gather
Arguably the bellwether of UK North Sea oil and gas production the BP that we know today grew out of Anglo-Iranian with the name British Petroleum Company formalised in 1954.
Transitioning offshore energy supply chain – Where are we now and what’s next?
Westwood's senior analyst for offshore wind, Bahzad Ayoub, discusses how the energy supply chain is adapting to offshore wind.
Fleet of robo-boats busy surveying North Sea windfarm site
A robotics-based geophysical survey of the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm successfully started last month and will be ongoing until the end of the year.
‘Barely anything’ in Great British Energy as MPs vote in favour of Bill
Opposition parties criticised the lack of detail contained within Labour’s GB Energy bill as energy secretary Ed Miliband introduced it for its second reading in Westminster today.
GB Energy Bill: challenges for in-house legal teams and how they can be managed
Pinsent Masons discuss potential headaches for energy law in-house legal teams as the GB Energy Bill gets its second reading.
GB Energy must enact Labour’s energy transition goals, says DNV boss
DNV's chief executive of energy systems at said he is "happy to share" his ideas for GB Energy if the government asks ahead of Bill's second reading.