An “attractive local energy tariff” is to be launched in Orkney this year after a £28.5 million “world first” scheme to maximise the benefits of the islands’ renewable power production for residents was given the go-ahead for its next stage of development.
University chiefs have hailed a “resurgence” in applications to oil and gas courses in Aberdeen following a sharp drop during the downturn.
Scottish researchers working in the Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) sector have scooped more than £12 million from a European Union funding pot.
Aberdeen-headquartered Hydro Group has completed trials of a new technology which could save tens of thousands of pounds on costs of scanning the seabed.
A new pipeline coatings study could save operators 25%, unlock more marginal fields, and eventually generate £500,000 for one of the organisations behind the research.
A former North Sea oil worker has unveiled a new soul-saving survival suit prototype designed to give offshore accident victims an increased chance of survival.
The 80 entrants for the 2018 Young Professionals Green Energy Awards has been narrowed down to a 36 person shortlist.
Technology developed at a Scottish university could help millions of people exposed to high levels of arsenic in water around the world.
Funding for innovation and protecting intellectual property in the oil and gas industry will be the focus for two Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) seminars being run in partnership with Heriot-Watt University.
Cleaning up after the next major oil spill could be made easier thanks to scientists at Heriot-Watt University who have cracked the genetic code of marine bacteria that helped "eat" the crude spilled from the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.