Oil rigs on shutdown as Storm Nate batters Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Nate, which has already shut oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, strengthened as it continued north on a path that’ll bring it ashore in the U.S. by week’s end.
Anti-nuclear weapons campaign group awarded 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The International Campaign To Abolish Nuclear Weapons has won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.
Scottish gale forces once again delivered the country’s full electricity requirement
Data shows that strong winds on Monday generated enough energy to power Scotland’s entire power needs.
May fuel promise: “Without legislation The Big Six will just find a way around it”, says energy CEO
Founder and chief executive officer of People’s Energy, David Pike, doesn’t believe that the Conservative pledge on energy prices will have much effect on consumers, if it happens at all.
Installing renewables on vacant land could alleviate Glasgow fuel poverty
Scotland’s largest city has plenty of vacant land on which renewable energy could ‘easily meet’ the heat demand, say researchers at the University of Strathclyde.
Community wind farm will use revenue to build 500 Scottish homes
The Fisherman Three wind farm in the Scottish Borders will use the money it generates to fund local housing and community projects.
Is the UK ready to drive electric?
While Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall imagined a future where we’d climb into a rather goofy looking ‘Johnny Cab’ to be met with a loquacious robotic driver, the future of today thankfully looks a lot more sophisticated in terms of electric vehicles (EVs).
VIDEO: What will the renewable energy marketplace look like in five years’ time?
A new video by the International Energy Agency shows how the renewables market will develop and expand over the next several years.
20 North Sea drilling jobs created through Alpha contract with Exceed
Aberdeen-headquartered company Exceed has announced 20 new positions for its forthcoming Cheviot Field development campaign.
Study claims UK carbon capture investment ‘could deliver £129million of benefits’
A new report from Summit Power claims that the return on investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be as much as £5 in every £1 spent.
Everything you need to know: Scotland’s fracking moratorium
The Scottish Government's decision to ban fracking in Scotland has garnered praise and outrage. Energy Voice decided to look back at some of the more memorable moments from the beginning of the moratorium on the issue to present day.
Businesses retaliate in response to May’s energy price promise
Theresa May faced a backlash from business leaders after announcing plans to put a price cap on “rip-off” bills.
ARC Energy Research Institute publish report on crude oil investment
Responding to the need for more vigilant action on mitigating carbon emissions, the ARC Energy Research Institute (’ARC’) has released “Crude Oil Investing in a Carbon Constrained World: 2017 Update.” The report provides investors, including institutional investors, the assessment tools needed for estimating future carbon costs for crude oil investing.
Energy price cap will force Big Six to ‘start competing on their own merits’, says green energy boss
Theresa May’s new proposed limit on utility costs will force the industry’s big energy giants to justify ‘charging extortionate rates’, believes Bulb co-founder Hayden Wood.
Toxic London air quality requires ‘new technologies such as electric cars’, says Sadiq Khan
Everyone in London lives in an area with dangerous levels of toxic air particles, the capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
Scotland’s economy slower than the rest of UK
The UK economy has grown three times faster than it has in Scotland over the last year, new figures suggest.
Big supermarket chains to cut price of unleaded petrol
Two supermarket giants are cutting the price of unleaded petrol after a drop in wholesale costs.
Witnessing a ‘new era in solar’ as it becomes fastest growing fuel of 2016, say IEA
The world is witnessing “the birth of a new era” in solar power, with the technology growing faster than any other fuel in 2016, the International Energy Agency said.
Sparrows and Hydra Group team up for Ghana crane work
Two companies with extensive Aberdeen holdings, Sparrows Group have launched a joint venture (JV) with Hydra Group Ltd to deliver crane lifting and inspection services in Ghana.
INEOS Shale boss: Fracking decision by Scottish Government ‘beggars belief’
Operations director of INEOS Shale, Tom Pickering, says that he believes the move to ban fracking by the Scottish Government ‘is a sad day for evidence led decision-making’.
VIDEO: Power relief fund is gifting power to Puerto Ricans
A new relief programme is aiming to put power directly into the hands of Puerto Rican people.
redT energy sells Aussies hybrid storage energy system
Energy storage technology company redT energy plc sells first ever lithium hybrid energy storage system to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
INFOGRAPHIC: Paris would need nearly half of city covered in solar panels to power entirely via sun
A new inforgraphic released by RS Components reveals that some of the major cities in the world would need to give up a lot of space to power entirely through solar energy.
Catholic Church to divest largest amount of fossil fuel interest
40 Catholic Church groups are to shed interest in historic fossil fuel investments in an effort to be more sustainable.
INFOGRAPHIC: The most popular renewable energy by country
A new infographic by RS Components has been released to show the most renewable energy, country by country. The graphic uses Energy Information Administration (EIA) data to reveal that hydropower is the most widely-used renewable power source with the global hydroelectric installed capacity exceeding 1,000GW.