US energy giant GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) has completed an expansion of its grid solutions business in Stafford, England to meet growing demand for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable in the offshore wind sector in the UK as well as Europe, Asia and North America.
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has appointed two new directors, Allan MacAskill and Andrew Wilson, to its board. The appointments represent more than 60 years of combined energy sector experience for AREG, whose mission is to champion the Northeast's renewable energy sector.
The amount of carbon emitted by gas produced in the UK North Sea is four times lower than imported liquified natural gas (LNG), but North Sea emissions are higher than the gas imported from Norway via pipeline, according to the latest Emissions Monitoring Report from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
By Amanda McCulloch, Chief executive of TMM Recruitment and TMM Executive
Over the last decade great strides have been taken when it comes to the number of women in board positions with the FTSE Women Leader’s Review reporting a record high for FTSE 350 companies of 42.1% women’s representation.
A robotics-based geophysical survey of the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm successfully started last month and will be ongoing until the end of the year.
Alison Hazell has been promoted to the newly created role of chief marketing officer at Aberdeen-based specialist energy and infrastructure contractor EnerMech.
Port of Aberdeen has started work to enable vessels to plug into the grid for power instead of burning heavily-polluting marine fuel when they are berthed.
As the energy sector continues to expand and roll out new technologies, training standards must keep pace to ensure that workers are adequately equipped to handle the environments they find themselves in.
While trees are well known for sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, researchers have discovered they offer one more important benefit: They can act as a net sink of methane, another gas that harms the planet.