Oil company gives £92,000 to city care centre appeal
An Aberdeen neurological care home’s bid to almost double the number of people it can care for has been given a major boost from a North Sea oil firm.
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Multi-million NDA funding could bring profits windfall to Scrabster
A new multi-million funding pledge to upgrade a Highland harbour near the Dounreay nuclear site could bring a profits windfall to the area.
Murder accused told uncle: ‘He’s left him for dead’
Callum Davidson told his uncle “he’s left him for dead” in a phone call hours after borrowing a baseball bat from him on the night before Steven Donaldson’s body was found, a trial has been told.
Minister raises A90 campaigners’ hopes
The hopes of north-east campaigners were raised yesterday after the transport secretary confirmed improvements to a notorious road would be included in a review.
Closed to you: Mum and kids trek as Flybe cancels
A north-east mum and her two small children had to travel for 10 hours to reach Belfast after a struggling airline axed their flight at the 11th hour due to pilot shortage.
Total joins forces with China battery maker in latest Big Oil shift
Total is tying up with China’s Tianneng Group to build batteries, moving into mass production of electricity storage technology after snapping up Saft Groupe SA in 2016.
Life After Oil: Tip your hat to fascinating Debbie
A north-east woman made redundant during the oil and gas downturn is building a new venture making women’s fashion accessories.
Second huge block arrives for Aberdeen harbour expansion
Work on Aberdeen harbour’s £350 million expansion is on track after the second of 22 huge concrete blocks, or caissons, arrived in Nigg Bay.
Shell to leave oil lobby group over climate policy concerns
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s position on climate change is misaligned with about half of the trade associations it’s a part of, and the disagreement with one is so severe the company will let its membership lapse next year.
Court hears two accused were lovers
The school sweetheart of a man accused of the murder of Steven Donaldson learned he was in a relationship with his female co-accused just months before the killing of the offshore worker.
Court of appeal to rule on challenge to ‘draconian’ Ineos injunction
Environmental and human rights campaigners are set to find out if they have been successful in the latest round of their fight against a "draconian" injunction granted to energy giant Ineos.
SSE fined £700k for missing smart meter target
Energy giant SSE has been fined £700,000 by regulator Ofgem for missing last year's target to install gas smart meters for customers.
Pricing uncertainty risks growth of LNG sector, DNV GL says
Most professionals working in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector believe more investment is needed in to satisfy forecasts for growing global demand after 2025, a new report said.
Sellafield fined £380k after worker poisoned by plutonium
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £380,000 after a production worker was contaminated with plutonium.
Augean worker taken to hospital following ‘industrial accident’ in Aberdeen
A man is being treated in hospital after what is believed to be an industrial accident at a North Sea firm’s headquarters.
Aberdeen oil worker murder trial begins
A jury in the trial of a woman and two men accused of murdering Aberdeen oil worker Steven Donaldson has been shown graphic images of the 27-year-old lying dead beside his burned out BMW in the car park of an Angus nature reserve.
‘We will never forget them’: Poignant memorial held for men killed in North Sea helicopter tragedy
The families of the 16 men who died in the Super Puma crash north of Peterhead on April 1, 2009 met in Aberdeen yesterday for a poignant ceremony marking 10 years since the tragedy.
BGF identifies more than 200 ‘high potential’ north Scotland firms
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has identified more than 210 small and medium-sizes enterprises (SMEs) around the north and north-east as “high potential” firms generating revenue of between £3 million and £150m a year.
MSPs to debate new law to tackle climate change
A proposed new law to bring in tougher climate change targets in Scotland faces its first hurdle at Holyrood amid calls for more urgent action.
Revamped Energy Voice site to go live this week
A new design for the Energy Voice website will go live early this week.
Shell could boost M&A to become world’s top power company
Royal Dutch Shell Plc could ramp up acquisitions of electricity producers to achieve its target of becoming the world’s biggest power company by the 2030s, according to analysis by Sanford C Bernstein Ltd.
SSE looking at ‘future options’ for retail supply arm
Utility giant SSE has said it is continuing to work on "future options" for its retail supply arm after the collapse of its merger with npower last year.
Italy blames ‘pirates’ after Malta foils hijack of oil tanker that rescued migrants
Italy's hardline interior minister has branded the migrants who hijacked a tanker as pirates while aid groups blamed European Union policy for the incident which was ended by the intervention of a Maltese special operations team.
UK greenhouse gas emissions fall 3%
The UK's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3% in 2018 as pollution from the energy sector continued to fall, provisional Government figures show.
Brexit delays leave UK at risk of higher power prices
Some projects to develop new power cables between the U.K. and France are on hold because of uncertainties related to Brexit, throwing into question the delivery of infrastructure intended to reduce electricity costs in the U.K.