Floating solar panels are to be installed in the waters off Scotland for the first time this year - with First Minister Humza Yousaf insisting the technology has "significant potential".
Alongside offshore oil, gas, wind and hydrogen, the North Sea could play host to space-based solar collectors under plans proposed by a UK technology developer.
The Energy Institute (EI) has announced the results of its annual thesis competition, commending Aberdeenโs best MSc students for work on solar monitoring, subsea engineering and wells.
Members of the public have been invited to have their say on the first phase of plans for a ยฃ215m hydrogen scheme planned by BP and Aberdeen City Council.
Ahead of a skills summit in Aberdeen this week, employment experts have assessed why Scotland and the wider UK has woes around attracting enough workers in renewable energy.
Renewable energy generators have hit out at a new UK Government bill which they said would impose a โwindfall taxโ on the sector and โskew investment towards fossil fuelsโ.
More than five years ago and always over coffee, (outgoing) CEO of the former Oil & Gas Authority (now North Sea Transition Authority), Andy Samuel and I enjoyed a number of informal exchanges about the future potential role of the UK Continental Shelf in the Great Energy Transition.
A commitment to North Sea oil and gas while ramping up nuclear, hydrogen and offshore wind, is at the heart of a new UK strategy to protect consumers from future surges in energy bills.