UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is considering increasing subsidies for offshore wind developers in an upcoming auction, part of a bid to remain on track for ambitious clean energy goals.
SSEN Transmission has identified a new site for the 1.8GW HVDC convertor station and AC substation for the Western Isles HVDC link.
Business and council chiefs have teamed up to persuade Ed Miliband to bring it north.
The UK’s ambitious wind power goals won’t be achieved unless the government takes action this month to raise offshore subsidies, according to energy think tank Ember.
We analyse which hotly anticipated locations in Scotland now most likely be chosen for the headquarters of GB Energy
Glasgow-headquartered subsea survey group Sulmara has delivered site characterisation data for the 495MW Formosa-4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
The world is shifting too slowly from fossil fuels to avoid severe climate change, increasing the risks that the eventual transition to clean energy will be “disorderly,” BP Plc warned.
The new UK government has expanded its frontbench energy team with the addition of three MPs and a Labour peer.
Octopus Energy chief executive and founder Greg Jackson has advocated for regional energy pricing to prevent imports.
The developers of the 1GW Buchan floating offshore wind farm have proposed bringing the project’s export cable ashore between Rattray Head and the St Fergus gas terminal.
While vertical axis wind turbines may lack the efficiency of their horizontal counterparts, Swedish firm SeaTwirl believes they can offer several benefits for floating projects, including North Sea electrification.
As a CEO in the offshore wind industry, I’ve welcomed the ambition from our new Labour government on green energy.
Chris Stark, former chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, will take charge of the UK government’s newly announced Mission Control.
Aberdeen energy services firm Glacier Energy is set to receive a multi-million pound investment from equity investor BGF.
The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is fundamental to decarbonising the global economy and mitigating the impacts of climate change. However, this shift also brings a higher risk of disputes across various business activities – disputes that are likely to be many and varied given the magnitude of the infrastructure and technology involved.
Aberdeen's back deck specialist Maritime Developments Ltd (MDL) has set its sights on growing more business through Europe's EPIC subsea hub.
The UK will likely need as much as £57 billion ($73 billion) in additional investment by 2030 to develop key industries that the incoming Labour government believes will help the country support green job growth and rely less on carbon.
Ed Miliband says appointment to lead DESNZ feels like "coming home" after previously serving as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change between 2008 and 2010.
The UK needs to look beyond driving down costs for offshore wind or risk failed critical energy projects.
Vattenfall has appointed Claus Wattendrup as its new UK country head.
Grangemouth should be a home for the energy industries of the future, Scottish Labour’s deputy leader has said, after Sir Keir Starmer pledged he would work to safeguard jobs there.
Ocean robotics operated remotely are enabling more people to stay safely onshore.
The British Hydropower Association (BHA) has called for more clarity from Labour about the party’s pre-election manifesto – which mentions tidal energy will be “aggressively explored” and “unleashed” across the UK.
Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Sarah Jones as a minister across the energy and business and trade portfolios in the new Labour government.
RSK renewables director Kit Hawkins outlines how the incoming Labour government can accelerate the UK renewables rollout.