Small scale hydro has taken great leaps forward in the past few years and whilst we may not be back to the glory years of the fifties and sixties, a solid industry has developed providing investment and jobs across Scotland primarily in the more rural areas.
So, Shell has put a further bunch of UK North Sea assets on the market. However, we should not be surprised at this. Anasuria, Nelson and Sean are regarded as mature and immaterial.
The repeated claim that an independent Scotland would be a wealthy country because of North Sea oil and renewables is something I take exception to, writes Colin Welsh.
Europe’s latest move on shale gas is likely to leave a number of Euro-sceptics disgruntled.
Press and Journal energy editor Jeremy Cresswell runs his eye over the big headlines coming from the opening day of the 2014 Subsea Expo at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Legislative changes effective April this year will result in significant cost increases for many oil and gas sector employers.
As a company doctor, I often see employees suffering from anxiety and depression or those who simply feel frustrated or stressed by work.
For those of you who haven't caught up with the latest acronym, the BRICs are so last year. The MINT economies are the countries to watch.
At the end of last month, I attended the annual reception of the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group (APG) for the UK Oil and Gas Industry, hosted by Dame Anne Begg - MP for Aberdeen South and Chair of the APG. I would like to share the thoughts I outlined in the short talk I gave that evening.
Both the Editor and I wrote in last month's Energy about the ongoing decline on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), particularly in relation to production and exploration.
As advances in exploration and subsea technology make existing reservoirs and marginal fields more viable, it is not only the age of your platform that counts - what you know about its condition is vital too.
I am writing this to the sound of Atlantic waves crashing against the cliffs and gales blasting the windows of my home. It has been a rough winter here in Lewis and it ain't over yet.
Tax shelters are usually created by government to promote a certain desirable behaviour, usually a long-term investment, to help the economy; in turn, this generates even more tax revenue.
The EU wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40% compared with 1990 levels and also wants 27% of all its energy to be from renewable sources. Both targets are to be achieved by 2030.
Oh dear, more lousy financials from Shell, writes energy editor Jeremy Cresswell
As companies involved in oil exploration, renewables, manufacturing and other industries expand their horizons internationally into countries with rapidly-expanding economies, it is more important than ever to ensure that valuable intellectual property is not put at risk.
IT is essential to the operations of multi-national organisations in towering office blocks, entrepreneurial boffins in underground labs and on board oil and gas industry vessels in remote locations.
From the £15million Scottish Innovative Foundation Technologies Fund to support pioneering substructures, to the installation of the world’s largest offshore wind turbine at Methil, our offshore wind sector has many successes to celebrate from the last year.
The Press and Journal's energy editor, Jeremy Cresswell, picks out his highlights of the last seven days worth of news and events in the oil and gas world.
A positive working culture is embedded within the company and we make every effort to treat employees in the way they would be treated if they owned the company, which they will one day.
At last the penny has dropped with Oil and Gas UK regarding the real state of the North Sea.
Energy editor Jeremy Cresswell pays tribute to one of the North Sea's most remarkable survivors as Ithaca prepares to call time on the historic Beatrice field.
The energy sector is facing a possible skills crisis in the next decade due to the prospect of losing up to 80% of its workforce, mainly due to retirement. writes Sarah Johnson. Companies have to become aware of this fact and start acting now to ensure, that in ten years’ time, there are adequately-skilled people to step in.
It’s no secret that the oil and gas sector has a shortage of engineering professionals and graduates in the UK. Contributing to this problem is the fact that many school children post the age of 16 do not chose to study the maths and sciences which are required in order to progress into an engineering career.
Unite's giant inflatable rat mascot didn’t show at the heliports, but the ill-informed leaflets they were obliged to hand out to offshore workers boarding helicopters smelled unmistakably of the real thing: a cack-handed recruitment stunt intended to piggy-back genuinely held anxieties, writes Ronnie McDonald