Silent and annoying: Can infrasound really be the cause of different health problems?
I am starting to wonder if a mystery noise around our house which drove us mad for months comes from the same box of tricks as wind farm turbines.
Opinion
Why Holyrood must put power back in hands of autonomous Caithness bodies
Suppose that Edinburgh’s prospects were so dire that its population was projected to nosedive by a fifth in 20 years.
The ethics of energy distribution
The energy market is in a state of change.
Challenges of scaling a digital company
As the CEO of a digital technology business, I frequently get asked what advice I would give to those looking to scale a digital business.
Data bringing buzz of innovation to north-east
I am not the first of the team here at Return To Scene to write about the palpable buzz of innovation here in the north east of Scotland. As a team we are pretty evangelistic about digitalisation and the role our wee corner of the world is playing in the digital transformation of industry globally.
Gender equality will make your business stronger
Today is International Women’s Day. Across the globe, it’s a day for honouring the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - and this year it marks a call to action for accelerating gender balance.
What effect can Brexit have on organisational resilience?
It is difficult, no matter where you source your information, to avoid talk of all things Brexit in our current national discourse.
Wind sector deal marks ‘welcome change’ in tone from UK Government
Today the UK Offshore Wind Sector welcomed the new sector deal with the UK Government.
UK offshore wind ‘will be backbone’ of energy transition
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal between the UK Government and the offshore wind industry aims to keep the UK’s global lead by hitting the 30GW capacity mark by 2030 and supplying 30% of the UK’s electricity needs.
Brexit: The fast-track to economic and industrial oblivion
A couple of weeks ago the Scottish Enterprise PR team posted on Twitter that in 2018 Scottish companies had received to the tune of £100 million in venture capital.
Cyber Attacks – A threat that is here to stay
With the exponential growth of Internet users in the last ten years comes two potential problems that organisations and individuals connected to the web need to be aware of; privacy and cyber security.
Planning for uncertainty
“To be honest, looking at things right now, I haven’t got the foggiest idea what is going to happen in the coming weeks…”
We must be bigger cog in renewables chain
Electricity from renewable energy is essential for modern living and mitigating climate change, but here in the north, our people are getting a very poor deal.
What to do when HSE calls?
As an employer, it’s your responsibility to make your workplace safe for your employees.
New finds add to confidence over shelf life
We’ve had encouraging exploration news recently with two exciting discoveries, Glendronach and Glengorm, proving that significant oil and gas resources still exist on the UK Continental Shelf.
Marathon, its race run, hands baton to RockRose
So the deed is done.
Diversify or die: Future of sector depends on it
Mergers and acquisitions are engrained in the oil and gas industry’s DNA.
Government view on decom either ‘very naive or disingenuous’
The recent Energy Voice article covering the chief executive of the OGA, Andy Samuel’s evidence to the inquiry into the public cost of decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure at Westminster, prompted me to review the minutes of the session.
Is your workforce shutdown ready?
As we move into the time of year where many organisations will be conducting shutdowns, TAR’s or outages for planned and essential maintenance work to be performed, the scopes of work to be delivered during that time mean that it is critical that both workforce and leaders are not just capable but also motivated to engage with the safe delivery of the project.
Localisation is key to meeting oil and gas supply chain export targets
Ambitious targets have been set for the UK’s oil and gas supply chain to double the value of its £11bn export market in the next two decades. But, if this key element of the Vision 2035 strategy is to be delivered, it’s time to start having honest conversations about why some international ventures underachieve or fail completely.
SAC report ‘could do better’ on decom
As someone who provided written evidence to the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee, The future of the oil and gas industry, I attended the launch of the final report at an Oil and Gas Technology Centre session on Monday, February 4th.
Renewables imperative for subsea innovation
Back in the day – the late ’ 90s – a project called the Zero Surface Facilities Initiative was set up between a collection of operators and contractors known as the Atlantic Margin Joint Industry
Addressing the offshore industry skills gap through legal education
Currently, more than a third of global oil and gas production comes from offshore fields. The exploration, development, construction, production, logistics, maintenance and decommissioning operations of these fields are carried out with maritime units, including offshore vessels, installations (fixed, floating and subsea) and pipelines. For many countries, the offshore industry is contributing significantly to the national and global economy.
Tech and the climate agenda – two key themes from Davos 2019
Technology is finally high on the CEO agenda at Davos. This year’s theme, Globalization 4.0., was heavily peppered with conversations about digital technology and how it’s currently reshaping major multinationals’ operating models. In such a world, the supply chain has to reshape business models to survive, then flourish.
Data Protection & GDPR: Doing the right thing
Since its introduction in May last year, the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR as it is commonly known, has attracted a lot of attention and not all of it good.