Jim Smith, Managing Director of SSE Renewables, calls on the UK Government to recognise the unique opportunity of COP26 and help shape the climate change fight.
By Hari Vamadevan, senior VP and regional manager for UK & West Africa, DNV GL – Oil & Gas
The North Sea is known for adapting to change and this year has demonstrated an indication of resilience in the sector. Confidence has slowly returned to a market which has changed dramatically in the last five years.
By Ian Phillips, chief executive of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre
Global energy demand has been rising inexorably for well over 30 years – from around 8 billion tonnes of oil equivalent in the early 1990s to nearly 14 billion tonnes of oil equivalent today. The rate of increase was 2-3% per annum until 2000 but accelerated to nearer 5% per annum since then as large populations in China and India got wealthier.
Electricity from renewable energy generation in Scotland has reached record levels in the first quarter of 2019, new figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has shown.
A new report has forecasted that Scotland’s marine economy will grow seven-fold to be worth £5billion by 2035 if it can successfully develop key industries.
The Offshore Marine Management (OMM) group has fired a Brexit warning shot across the bow of the UK government claiming the renewable energy industry could be "compromised" under the EU Withdrawal Bill.
As global energy companies look at how to use renewable energy sources there is no doubt that more appointments, like that of group managing director Tony Frencham, will become more commonplace.
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the city will open two bidding auctions in 2018 and 2019 to develop offshore wind power in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The amount of power that can be generated from the Moray East Wind Farm is significantly more than quoted and 'very much a conservative estimate', according to a spokesman for the project.
The former First Minister Alex Salmond said if the oil price soars, an oil fund should be set up so that the people, not big oil companies, see the benefit.
As part of the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), Maersk Training launched the simulator and performed demonstrations of the safety training required prior to working on a wind turbine generator.