Offshore wind services firm Beam, recently formed from the merger of marine robotic technology companies Rovco and Vaarst, has announced an investment of £15m in three marine vehicles aimed at boosting its surveillance capabilities.
UK gas-fired power plants are running at their lowest hours of operation since 2017 owing to high levels of wind, solar and imports from Norway and France into the national grid.
Scottish offshore mooring firm First Marine Solutions (FMS) has extended its partnership with Montrose Port Authority with a five-year lease agreement.
Widening the diversity of the energy sector's workforce and leadership is being seen as an increasingly important part of the sector's licence to operate.
Wales and West Utilities (WWU) has commissioned infrastructure firm Costain to investigate the feasibility of blending hydrogen into the gas supply for industrial and commercial gas customers.
With new funding announced for the prospective Sizewell C plant, the government seems committed to nuclear power. However, the cost of nuclear newbuild in the UK is staggering and, even if built, sufficient new capacity will not arrive soon enough to help mitigate climate change. UK electricity consumers should hope that the target of 24 GW of nuclear capacity by 2050 slips into obscurity.
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the offshore scoping report for its 1GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire to Scotland’s Marine Directorate.
UK energy minister Michael Shanks has urged North Sea investors to "look beyond" the government's proposed windfall tax, despite warnings the oil and gas sector is "under threat".
UK trade association BEAMA has launched its first Market Pulse quarterly report with the goal of kickstarting its #AcceleratingElectrification campaign, aimed at boosting investment in the UK’s electrical manufacturing supply chain.
60 years to the day since BP got its first licence to operate in the North Sea, Doris Reiter warns the 'basin will lose out' on jobs, investment and the energy transition unless government and industry get on the same page on taxes.
Industry and policy makers have a choice, either the UK North Sea faces a "premature end" or it could be a " shining example of how to transition an oil and gas province into a clean energy super basin".
Energy Voice speaks to Richard Gwilliam, UK BECCS programme director at Drax Group, to discuss exactly what it will take to decarbonise the Humber industrial region.
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SSEN Transmission has awarded key contracts for a subsea cable project that will connect the Orkney Islands to the Scottish mainland for the first time.