While there may be broad agreement on the potential benefit of liquefied natural gas in terms of reducing air pollutants, the impact of LNG in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has clearly become a point of contention.
By Gillian Martin MSP, Scottish Government acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy
In the last few years, there has been global momentum around the development of international hydrogen markets, with countries across Europe – including Scotland - increasing both the scale and pace of the development of hydrogen production.
COP29 was principally about adaptation finance, but it delivered little in the way of hard cash and even less in terms of the international solidarity required to address climate change.
The COP29 meeting in Baku reinforced that the world is rapidly running out of time to avert catastrophic climate change unless transformative action is taken.
Billions of dollars have been raised on promises of limitless power from nuclear fusion. However, the technology will not deliver affordable power within our lifetimes.
The more you do something, the easier it becomes, right? Well, unfortunately for me that isn't always the case, especially as I suffer from social anxiety.
There is only one phrase that can possibly be used to describe the Westminster government’s approach to oil and gas – ideological zealotry, bordering on madness.
If the country's top producers – and earners – are open to jumping ship over the impending fiscal regime, imagine the impact changes will have on the countless SMEs that make up the supply chain?
By Professor Paul de Leeuw, Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of a transformative wave reshaping industries and societies. Its application in combating climate change is crucial as the world confronts the current climate emergency.
The EU’s CBAM will negate some of the benefits of a separate UK ETS and increase the complexity of trade. Harmonised systems, in contrast, would create a more effective CBAM-protected bloc and prevent carbon price competition. However, the UK ETS is Brexit’s child, and Brexit was never about cooperative action in the face of climate change...
Let’s be clear about what “just transition” actually is and why it is the energy revolution now gaining momentum as the core driver of the colossal changes that human society must undergo globally, or else.
The confirmation last week that Aberdeen will indeed be home to GB Energy headquarters, and Keir Starmer stating that the new, publicly owned clean energy company could only ever be based in the Granite City, represents a significant opportunity for the commercial property market in the Northeast.
I rate Equinor highly in most areas of corporate ambition when it comes to net zero, support for its supply chain and above all, how it treats its staff.
A mismatch between supply and infrastructure has led to severe delays — up to a decade in some cases —for renewable energy projects looking to connect to the UK’s energy grid which is struggling to keep pace with rapid growth.
Over 270 women and men came to the event in Aberdeen to celebrate the need for diversity, equity and inclusion in the energy transition and how we can get there.
The UK's major energy company isn’t the be all and end all as the Energy Profits Levy, combined with a potential removal of tax allowances, still hangs over the sector like the Grim Reaper stalking its next victim.
CEO of ThinkPR and co-founder of Women in New Energy (W.I.N.E) reflects on the past 20 years of running her energy-focused marketing firm. Along with celebrating the company milestone this year, it also marks the second W.I.N.E conference on the 26th of September following the hugely successful inaugural event in 2023.