Aquatera looking to expand international projects
An Orkney-based environmental consultant is hoping to expand its overseas work on the back of Scotland's lead in marine renewables.
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Huntly turbine may bring cash windfall
HUNTLY residents will have the chance to view plans this month for a windfarm they would partly own.
Opportunities in recession on menu at dinner
Business leaders from across the north-east will be gathering on Monday for Robert Gordon University's 2011 entrepreneurship dinner.
Tackling skills shortages in renewables
A £1.2million training initiative has been set up to tackle skills shortages in the renewables industry.
Councillors back bid for windfarm despite warnings from planners
A CONTROVERSIAL bid to build a windfarm in rural Aberdeenshire has been backed by councillors.
Isles rally against high fuel prices
A PUBLIC protest against high road fuel prices in the Western Isles is being staged tomorrow.
Multimillion-pound boost for biodiesel firm
ARGENT Energy Group, a waste-to-energy biodiesel producer, has secured a £4million funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland and a further £2.95million from the bank's asset-financing division, Lombard, to help with its development.
Loans for renewable power schemes
SCHEMES to develop locally-owned community renewable energy projects in the north and north-east have been awarded nearly £2million in loans.
Shetland operators invest more than £10m in new boats
TWO Shetland boat operators, Delta Marine and Research Fishing Company (RFC), are investing more than £10million in new vessels to support a predicted increase in offshore renewable-energy contracts.
Green groups welcome EU stance on tar sands
GREEN groups welcomed news yesterday of EU moves to rule tar sands as more polluting than conventional transport fuels, which they said could ban the controversial oil from Europe.
Committed to renewables
Renewables manager Rajini Sokhi discovered her love of engineering almost too late, after taking a roundabout route into the green-energy industry.
‘No record’ of Trump turbine talks
AN MSP trying to establish whether SNP ministers held talks with Donald Trump over plans to build a offshore windfarm near his luxury golf resort in Aberdeenshire has hit a brick wall.
Bright future for ‘select few’ firms in sector
GREEN Ocean Energy will not be the last marine power company to fail, an industry analyst has warned.
Wave Treader technology firm sunk by serious lack of funding
AN ABERDEEN-BASED marine-energy developer which was designing renewable technology to power offshore installations has gone under.
Windfarm fears dismissed by developer
A WINDFARM developer yesterday denied claims that the land they want to build on could lead to a "catastrophic failure" of the turbines.
Bonus payouts at energy firm as bills rocket
ONE of the UK's big six energy suppliers will hand shareholders a bonus potentially worth £50million - just weeks after increasing gas and electricity bills.
Fuel firm to explain prices
REPRESENTATIVES of a fuel firm which supplies the Western and Northern isles have agreed to explain their pricing structure.
Green road fuel from waste newspapers
HERE is one way that supposedly old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. American scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed "TU-103," that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for petrol.
ETI seeks to crack wave challenge
THE Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) plans to take wave energy to the next level with a project to design and demonstrate a low-cost wave energy converter system.
Trump writes to Salmond again about wind turbines
BILLIONAIRE businessman Donald Trump has written to Alex Salmond for a second time, objecting to plans to build an offshore windfarm near his luxury golf resort.
Bid to advance start date for renewable energy scheme
COUNCILLORS have urged their colleagues to continue lobbying the UK Government to reveal when householders can benefit from a renewable energy scheme.
Homeowners and companies look to wood as fuel bills soar
DEMAND for wood to heat homes and businesses and generate power is surging as people look for cheaper fuels.
Aset to help territory reap benefits of energy assets
REPRESENTATIVES from Australia's oil and gas industry were in Aberdeen yesterday to learn more about training in the sector.
Fund poised to back far north renewables
Renewable energy in the far north is expected to be one of the main beneficiaries of a development fund.
Aquamarine Power gets £7million of new funding
Scottish marine energy company Aquamarine Power said today it had received £7million of fresh funding to develop its technology.