Two projects in the North of England aimed at sequestering carbon and producing hydrogen have won the full-throated support of the UK government and a pledge for nearly £22billion over the next 25 years.
Aberdeenshire Council has objected to RES’s 105.6MW Hill of Fare onshore wind farm, putting the project’s future in jeopardy.
The developers of the Salamander floating offshore wind farm have designated an optimal site for the project’s onshore substation.
Stephanie Broadley, Training and Competency Manager at Bilfinger Engineering and Maintenance UK and Chair of the ECITB Employer Network Steering Group (ENSG) for Connected Competence, discusses the importance of breaking down barriers to mobility within the energy industry by creating a safer and competent workforce.
Seven initiatives to help energy industry businesses increase the diversity of their workforce were unveiled at an event in Aberdeen.
Analyst Wood Mackenzie believes "where there’s a will, there’s a way" in achieving a consensus on an improved system of taxation despite differences of opinion between government, industry and North Sea investors.
Aberdeenshire’s Safelift Offshore is looking to open a new fabrication facility and create jobs through a £1million investment to mark its 30th anniversary.
Equinor (OSE:EQNR) has confirmed the five floating turbines of its flagship Hywind Scotland project will be re-installed before winter.
Serica Energy and unions GMB and BRINDEX have created a campaign highlighting the role of North Sea oil and gas in the lives of its workers.
The "independent" National Energy System Operator (NESO) starts its mission to deliver a "safe, secure and affordable energy system capable of supporting net-zero".
A mismatch between supply and infrastructure has led to severe delays — up to a decade in some cases —for renewable energy projects looking to connect to the UK’s energy grid which is struggling to keep pace with rapid growth.
Over 270 women and men came to the event in Aberdeen to celebrate the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in the energy transition and how we can get there.
Developers behind the largest proposed hydrogen production scheme in the UK have reached a preliminary stage in the planning process.
‘Clean energy is the biggest economic opportunity of our time’, Ed Miliband declared at this month’s Labour Party Conference. As a freshly minted government, the party has firmly nailed its colours to the energy mast and they are unapologetically green. Just a week prior, the Energy Secretary issued a rallying cry to take on ‘the blockers, the delayers, the obstructionists’.
The West of Orkney wind farm has brought in a new PhD student to help improve access to the project site with better weather forecasts.
While it is far from being a nascent industry, offshore wind remains in its relative infancy compared to oil and gas (O&G), both in terms of development and decommissioning.
The UK has become the first G7 nation to completely phase out coal power, bringing to an end a 142-year era of burning the fossil fuel for electricity generation.
The developers of the major Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway have completed the CO2 receiving and storage facilities.
National Grid and SSEN Transmission have broken ground on the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) subsea transmission cable that will connect Peterhead in Scotland to Drax in England.
The offshore wind sector is critical to achieving net zero goals and ensuring energy security.
Octopus Energy has said it aims to invest £2 billion in UK clean energy projects between now and 2030.
Scotland’s renewable energy generation in the first half of 2024 reached a record high of 18,084 GWh, the latest statistics show.
The UK named four companies, including a division of Rolls Royce Plc, to proceed to the next stage of a contest to build the country’s first small modular nuclear power plant, a potentially key technology for reaching net-zero emissions.
RWE has confirmed Lamprell as the supplier of 184 transition pieces for its UK Norfolk Vanguard West and Vanguard East offshore wind farms.
The wait for pumped storage hydro cap and floor clarity continues as government says industry will learn more ‘in due course’.