Wind sector deal marks ‘welcome change’ in tone from UK Government
Today the UK Offshore Wind Sector welcomed the new sector deal with the UK Government.
Today the UK Offshore Wind Sector welcomed the new sector deal with the UK Government.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal between the UK Government and the offshore wind industry aims to keep the UK’s global lead by hitting the 30GW capacity mark by 2030 and supplying 30% of the UK’s electricity needs.
The developers of a Highland pumped storage project claim their technology is tailor-made to fill the supply gap left by offshore wind.
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Business leaders have criticised the “regrettable” decision to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from VisitAberdeenshire which they believe could leave the hospitality sector “crippled”.
Technology giant ABB has today announced the signing of a framework agreement with BP to provide electrical work for the oil firm's upstream projects.
Dutch dredging and heavy lift firm Boskalis sank into the red last year as its offshore energy division struggled in a difficult market.
Premier Oil said today that it returned to profitability in 2018 as group production reached record levels.
A retired Swiss oil executive who previously said he had knowledge of illicit dealings over a Nigerian oil block involving Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni SpA reversed his statements at a trial in Milan Wednesday.
Scottish supply chain firms "cannot reasonably compete" for renewable energy development contacts, two major UK unions warned last night.
The Scottish Government has rejected calls for a public inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety.
ICR Integrity’s boss said yesterday that the energy services firm’s international expansion was a “success story” and predicted higher earnings this year.
A new UK Government-pledged deal for the offshore wind industry could swell the number of north-east jobs in the sector.
Work started today on a job-saving contract for nearly 90 workers at Burntisland Fabrication's (BiFab) Arnish yard.
A former UK Energy minister has been appointed as the new chairman of the North Sea industry regulator.
Cuadrilla and Ineos decided last month that it was time to ramp up the pressure on the UK Government to relax the seismic shocks threshold for their shale gas (and oil) exploration effort onshore.
A couple of weeks ago the Scottish Enterprise PR team posted on Twitter that in 2018 Scottish companies had received to the tune of £100 million in venture capital.
Aberdeenshire companies Cable Solutions Worldwide (CSW) and ESWL have relocated to new premises in Inverurie in a move supported by a £565,000 funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Last month, the Scottish Government revived a £10 million prize fund to boost commercial prospects for tidal energy in Scotland.
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Exxon Mobil is seeking to maintain its top spot in the world of Big Oil by hiking spending and aiming to churn out increasingly higher volumes of oil and gas with a strong emphasis in West Texas and South America.
With the exponential growth of Internet users in the last ten years comes two potential problems that organisations and individuals connected to the web need to be aware of; privacy and cyber security.
The industrial market in and around Aberdeen continues to show healthy signs of recovery, with the highest number of deals in a decade taking place during 2018, CBRE said yesterday.
Vattenfall's senior vice president of wind has been elected to the position of chairman by the board of renewable member organisation WindEurope.