VIDEO: Daredevil Danny MacAskill cycles along wind turbine blade ahead of COP26
Ahead of UN climate change conference COP26, the Scottish pro-cyclist cycled across the turbine, a stunt which has never been attempted before.
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Guide: The polluting countries that could derail COP26 climate talks
More than 190 countries signed on the dotted line of the Paris Agreement in 2015, forming a new global consensus on the imperative to halt rising temperatures. The collective results since then haven’t been enough.
Climate change sparks conflict warning
Climate change is set to warm the world, the US has warned, in more ways than one.
Cabinet secretary for net zero and energy cuts ribbon on Moray East O&M base
Scotland’s cabinet secretary for energy, net zero and transport has cut the ribbon on a key facility for the country’s largest offshore wind farm
Repsol Sinopec ‘reviewing’ North Sea fields to determine scope for CCS
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK is “reviewing” its North Sea fields to judge whether they could be used to stow emissions.
ExxonMobil planning CCS project at Cepu in Indonesia
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) is planning a carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) project at its giant Cepu block in East Java, said Dwi Soetjipto, the head of Indonesia’s upstream regulator SKK Migas.
VIDEO: Boris Johnson says Scottish carbon capture bid ‘still has strong potential’ after snub
Boris Johnson has insisted the north-east’s Scottish Cluster carbon capture bid “still has strong potential” despite the UK Government choosing to reject the project.
JPMorgan fund buys Falck Renewables in $3 billion deal
Italy’s Falck Renewables will sell its founding family’s 60% holding in the company to an investment vehicle run by JPMorgan Chase & Co, in a deal valuing the company at nearly $3 billion.
Survey finds over half of executives working in hard-to-abate sectors plan to use CCUS to bust emissions
More than half of businesses in hard-to-abate sectors plan to use carbon capture, utilisation and storage to tackle emissions, a new survey has found.
UK business secretary grilled over Scottish CCUS rejection
UK business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been grilled over the decision to reject the Scottish Cluster from the first round of a £1billion government carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) competition.
No ‘Saudi Arabia of wind power’ here, complains Alba Party MP
Scotland is missing out on offshore wind farm jobs while English yards are “booming”, says a former SNP government minister.
North Star Shipping sets sail for profitable renewables work
North Star Shipping, which owes its fortunes to providing emergency response and supply vessels to oil and gas companies in the North Sea, expects the majority of its business will be in the renewable energy sector “easily” in the next five years.
CCS will not save Santos’ Barossa LNG project, says IEEFA
Despite a proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme, the Santos-led (ASX:STO) Barossa liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia, will continue to release financially risky carbon dioxide emissions onsite, onshore and across the supply chain. This makes it one of the more expensive and dirtiest gas projects in the world, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Italian dynasty explores sale of clean energy firm Falck Renewables
Falck Renewables’s founding family is exploring options for the Italian clean energy developer including a potential sale, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Sir Ian Wood calls on UK Government to ‘reconsider’ decision to omit Scottish Cluster from first phase
Sir Ian Wood has called on UK ministers to “reconsider their decision” not to pick Scotland as an initial base for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Shell strikes UK hydrogen deal with QatarEnergy
Shell has signed an agreement to work on blue and green hydrogen in the UK with QatarEnergy.
UK unveils £3.9 billion heat and buildings plan to drive down building emissions
Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a £3.9billion ($5.4bn) plan to drive down carbon emissions from the UK’s homes and offices as he seeks to position the country as a leader in the fight against climate change.
Frazium launches solar storage plan in Eswatini
Frazium Energy has signed a deal with Eswatini on a $115 million solar battery project, which it expects will be the largest in Africa.
Beer giant Budweiser drafts in Protium to decarbonise Welsh brewery
Budweiser Brewing Group has announced plans to use green hydrogen in order to decarbonise operations at its Wales brewery.
East Coast Cluster and HyNet win CCUS support from UK Government
Amid disappointment for the Scottish cluster, two other projects have been successful in their bids to become the first two carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) developments in the UK.
‘Catastrophic blow’: Tory ministers under fire as north-east misses out on carbon capture cash again
The UK Government is under fire after dealing another “bitterly disappointing” blow to the north-east’s bid to host a pioneering clean energy scheme.
‘World’s largest’ floating wind farm becomes fully operational off Aberdeenshire coast
The “world’s largest” floating wind farm is now fully commissioned and delivering green electricity off the north-east coast.
Wave energy firm Mocean adds Aberdeen base as demand grows to decarbonise oil and gas assets
Wave energy firm Mocean Energy has opened a new Aberdeen office to meet growing interest from oil and gas producers keen to decarbonise North Sea assets.
‘Extremely disappointing’: Scottish Cluster misses out on first round of UK Government’s £1bn CCUS competition
A pioneering north-east carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) scheme will not form part of the UK Government’s initial vanguard.
Boris Johnson sees ‘extremely tough’ global climate talks in Glasgow
Boris Johnson said the global climate talks the UK is hosting at the end of the month will be “extremely tough,” as he made a last-ditch call on world leaders to take concrete steps to protect the planet.