The UK renewable sector has criticised the European Commission’s 2030 energy targets proposal for failing to set binding country-specific renewables’ goals as part of its greenhouse emissions policy due to increasing energy costs.
Independent subsea engineering and training firm Jee will send its tutors to deliver its courses to the Korean offshore industry, following the signing of a memorandum.
Swiss power technology firm ABB expects to take a £150million hit to its fourth quarter earnings after last year's North Sea storms hit its windfarm projects.
Two leading European energy giants with plans to build wind turbine manufacturing plants in Scotland are set to join forces as further consolidation sweeps the industry.
A new £8million national training centre is to be launched in Aberdeen in the latest effort to tackle the skills shortage in the oil and gas sector.
One of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK is to pump more than £3million into a hydro scheme in the Highlands.
London-based solar developer Lightsource Renewable Energy is currently scoping out 12 sites for large-scale solar farms in Scotland.
Protesters looking for a judicial review into plans for a controversial windfarm on Shetland have launched a crowdsourced campaign to fund their effort.
A new best practice guide to seismic survey work aims to help oil, gas and offshore renewable energy project developers scope out potential sites without causing stress to whales and other marine species.
A new action plan aimed at driving up marine renewable energy systems could generate thousands of jobs for the UK, European chiefs have claimed.
Aberdeen training firm Mintra has landed a deal to provide training for a Mexican oil and gas services group.
Energy supply chain businesses are set to get an insight into plans for future offshore windfarm projects at next week's Offshore Wind & Supply Chain conference.
The UK Government is to pump £11million into a new funding competition aimed at the development of community-level energy systems.
A dwindling pool of engineering workers threatens a skills shortage in the oil and gas industry, a new report has warned.
Enough renewable energy to power around half of Scotland could be harnessed from the tides in a single stretch of water off the north coast.
The Scottish Government today granted planning permission for a 108MW windfarm near Invermoriston in the Highlands.
Global investment in green energy projects has declined over the last year, according to new figures.
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall is to sell off its majority share of Hamburg's electricity grid in a a £460million deal.
Demand for energy is going to rise by more than 40% over the next 20 years, according to BP.
Backers of a £230million offshore wind development planned for Aberdeen Bay are appealing a council decision to block a crucial part of the green energy scheme.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said it would be a “huge mistake” to ignore the potential of a pioneering green energy technology that is due to be developed in the north-east.
The energy sector is facing a possible skills crisis in the next decade due to the prospect of losing up to 80% of its workforce, mainly due to retirement. writes Sarah Johnson. Companies have to become aware of this fact and start acting now to ensure, that in ten years’ time, there are adequately-skilled people to step in.
David Cameron has said he favours cash payments to individual households in compensation for inconvenience caused by shale gas drilling near their properties.
Siemens has scooped a £516million contract to provide turbines for the Dudgeon wind farm project in the North Sea.
Campaigners have hit out after it emerged that hundreds of wind turbine blades may have to be buried in the future.