By Bruce Craig, Partner, Litigation and Regulatory, Pinsent Masons
As we strive to move from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy, one area of crucial importance is offshore wind power. The development of offshore wind farms however comes with inherent safety risks and those risks need to be carefully managed.
Global Energy Groupโs new group chief executive has described the firm as โprobably the best positioned organisation in the whole of the UKโ to make the most of the expansion in offshore renewables.
Two of the UKโs leading research organisations in the development of robotics for use in offshore renewables have teamed up to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
Oil and gas doyen Sir Ian Wood said yesterday a โmajor energy transition parkโ could help Aberdeen capitalise on the switch to a low carbon economy.
Organisations and individuals in the energy industry have been encouraged to share their success stories and enter the annual Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs).
Subsea expertise in the north-east has the potential to help the UK's ailing economy, Energy Secretary Ed Davey said on his first visit to Aberdeen yesterday
Burntisland Fabrications is the sole surviving active offshore fabrication yard in Scotland geared up to building large structures for the oil&gas industry.
SUBSEA UK will have offshore renewables squarely in its sights at its new Subsea Europe conference in London, to be staged on October 30. This is aside from its main market - offshore oil&gas.