Aker Solutions offers office based apprenticeship
A north-east oil company is offering school leavers the opportunity to gain a qualification in administration for the first time.
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North-east welcomes new STEM centre
It has been specifically designed to encourage the next generation of students at the cutting edge of technology.
10 apprentices latest oil victims – Scot Gov offers £5k incentive
A group of 10 Scottish apprentices have become the latest victims of the oil and gas downturn.
English firm Smulders wins Aberdeen Bay wind farm deal
A key contract for Vattenfall’s £300million-plus European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay has gone south of the border.
Public asked for views on fracking in Scotland
The Scottish Government wants to hear the publics' views about the future of fracking in the country.
SNP’s fracking talk shop ‘spineless’ procrastination, claim Tories
A decision on the future of shale extraction in Scotland will not be made for another year, the Scottish Conservative party has claimed.
Government denies dragging heels on tidal lagoons energy scheme
The Government has denied dragging its heels over a pioneering scheme to generate renewable energy from tidal lagoons.
Shetland’s Ocean Kinetics to create 21 jobs after HIE funding boost
Shetland-based engineering company Ocean Kinetics Limited is set to create 21 full time jobs with a new one-stop engineering shop.
EOWDC in industry first foundation pairing
Vattenfall's pioneering wind turbine testing facility off Aberdeen will feature what is believed to be an industry first.
Experts predict China’s nuclear power capacity will overtake the US within a decade
China’s rapid nuclear expansion will result in it overtaking the US as the nation with the largest atomic power capacity by 2026, according to BMI Research.
Shell and Total set to provide electric car charging ports at UK and Dutch garage forecourts
Oil supermajors Royal Dutch Shell and Total are preparing to introduce battery charging points at European petrol stations as the the energy giants respond to rising sales of electric cars.
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster sways atomic opposition symbol
The man blocking the world’s largest nuclear plant says he grew opposed to atomic energy the same way some people fall in love.
Saudi Aramco mulls $5bn green energy investment
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is considering as much as $5 billion of investments in renewable energy firms as part of plans to diversify from crude production, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Sky no longer limit for young scientists, astronaut says
A retired American astronaut who took part in the only three-man space walk in history has vowed to inspire young people in the north-east.
UK carbon capture contest was on track to cost taxpayers nearly £9billion
A competition to spur carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology that was scrapped in 2015 was on track to cost UK taxpayers around 8.9 billion pounds, the National Audit Office has revealed.
New York gives green-light to largest US offshore windfarm
A plan for the US's largest offshore windfarm to sit off the coast of New York has been given the go-ahead.
US gas may be one trade that survives Trump’s Mexico showdown
It could take more than a political standoff between President Donald Trump and Mexico to keep U.S. shale gas from flowing south.
Arlene Foster defends refusal to name adviser linked to botched energy scheme
Arlene Foster has defended not naming a key party adviser at the centre of claims levelled by a top civil servant when she made an Assembly statement about Stormont’s botched energy scheme.
May urged to press Trump on climate change
MPs have called on Theresa May to press Donald Trump on the issue of climate change in her first meeting with the new US president.
Dong Energy acquires 35% ownership in Taiwanese offshore wind project
Dong Energy has struck an agreement to acquire a 35% ownership interest in a Taiwanese offshore wind project.
World first as Ireland backs ban on public money investment in fossil fuels
The Irish parliament has become the first in the world to back a ban on investing public money in fossil fuels.
Video: Take a look at Shell’s city concept car
Oil and gas giant Shell’s dinky prototype car is “packed with potential”, having been designed to use 34% less energy than other “city” models.
SNP face renewed ‘frack attack’ from Tories over moratorium
A political row has erupted over the SNP's continued fracking ban.
Atlantis Resources strikes MoU for new internal division
Atlantis Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ideol.
EDF warns Western Isles could miss out on UK subsidies
The Western Isles will lose hundreds of millions of pounds if the UK government rejects granting subsidies to island wind farms, warns EDF Energy Renewables, as it reveals figures from a new report.