Nuclear missed out from STEM focus, study finds
Many youngsters do not feel they are studying subjects relevant to the nuclear industry and have never heard of careers in the sector, according to a new study.
Energy Transition
Coffee found to fuel more than the sleep deprived
Scientists have made biofuel from ground coffee produced in 20 different geographic regions - including caffeinated and decaffeinated forms.
Community unveils £2.6m solar project plans
A community energy project is transforming an old gravel pit site into a solar farm to power nearly 600 local homes.
Wind farms pose threat to public health, campaigners claim
Anti-wind farm campaigners have claimed people’s health is threatened by the “march of the turbines”.
Norsk Hydro’s Karmoy pilot gets $250million Enova boost
Norway’s public enterprise Enova has funnelled $250million to Norsk Hydro’s next-generation electrolysis pilot project at Karmøy, as the country looks to become world’s greenest aluminium producer.
SgurrControl launches new wind reliability project
SgurrControl has launched a new offshore wind reliability project.
New technology improves data retrieval from the seafloor
Sonardyne has developed a marine vehicle which can collect data from the seafloor unmanned, removing the need for survey vessels.
Charity calls on Energy Minister to hold inquiry into windfarm
Wild land charity the John Muir Trust has written to Energy Minister Fergus Ewing urging him to call a planning inquiry into the massive windfarm he approved last week.
Plans to create a £300million underground power line revealed
Plans to create a £300million underground power line through Aberdeenshire as part of an offshore windfarm project were unveiled by developers yesterday.
Formula E gets Hanergy solar boost
Solar modules manufacturer Hanergy Solar has become the official energy partner of Formula E.
Aberdeenshire pupils take first energy dip with new Opito scheme
More than 100 pupils from Aberdeen City and Shire have had their first hands-on experience of the oil and gas industry thanks to a new Opito initiative.
Stronelairg windfarm “serious conservation threat”, group claims
A wild land conservation group claims that the Scottish Government's approval for the largest windfarm in the Highlands is a serious threat to conservation.
Maersk resumes vital training courses in Stonehaven
The arrival of two emergency rescue vessels in Stonehaven later this month will signal the launch of new courses at the town’s Marine Training Academy (MTA).
Advanced Plasma Power wins £20million Canada job
Advanced Plasma Power (APP), a UK waste-to-energy developer, received a £20million order to provide its technology to a project in Canada.
Tepco calls for US help in Fukushima cleanup
Tokyo Electric Power will deploy a second system to strip a dangerous isotope from water stored at its wrecked Fukushima nuclear facility, as it struggles to overcome problems with its existing water processor.
Keith substation set for an upgrade ahead of Caithness – Moray linkup
Preparation work on a multimillion-pound project to upgrade the Blackhillock electricity substation near Keith has begun.
Shire launches consultation over underground renewables’ cable
Plans to bury a massive power line beneath rural Aberdeenshire as part of an offshore windfarm project will be unveiled to the public this week.
NY table scraps become latest green energy source
Bubbling black liquid churns inside 145-foot-high tanks at the Newtown Creek sewage-treatment plant in Brooklyn. Like robotic stomachs, they burp methane, a byproduct of processed organic waste.
China seeks to cap greenhouse gas emissions for first time
China is working on how to cap its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, an effort that would spur the worldwide effort to hold back climate change. The world’s biggest producer of fossil fuel emissions has been studying for more than a year how and when it might be able to make its pollution levels peak and hopes to act as soon as possible, said Xie Zhenhua, China’s lead envoy to the United Nations global warming talks.
Texas cash-from-carbon pilot lures climate skeptics for profit
At an aging cement plant in San Antonio, entrepreneur Joe Jones is trying to turn fighting climate change into money-making venture.
Pelamis wave machines hit operation milestone
Scottish renewable energy firm Pelamis has reached a connectivity milestone as its wave power generators clocked up 10,000 hours of collective operation.
E.On boss calls for an end to green energy subsidies
The boss of the world largest utility company has called for an end to subsidies for green energy developments. Johannes Teyssen, chief executive of the German company E.On, said mature technologies such as wind and solar power no longer needed special treatment. He told the annual conference of the European electricity industry body, Eurelectric, that the only people blocking debate about ending financial aid were those who “just want to harvest subsidies without accountability”.
Expro’s new generation DST tool passes US GoM muster
International oilfield services company, Expro, has successfully deployed its newly developed ExACT (Expro Annulus-Operated Circulating and Test Tool) in its first live offshore well.
Warren Buffett’s $26billion renewables bet set to pay off
Warren Buffett’s $26 billion bet on western U.S. power plants, transmission lines and wind farms is poised to pay off. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., with the help of California’s grid operator, is moving to unite the holdings under a single market capable of dispatching power across seven states every five minutes. The system, designed to handle sudden swings in supply and demand, would revolutionise the markets from Oregon to Nevada, where 38 transmission operators manually balance their territories on an hourly basis. The move would be a game-changer for the renewables that Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. has accumulated over the past decade, including two of the world’s largest solar farms, and for other clean-power producers, according to those who trade in the region’s markets. Berkshire’s plants stand to run for longer periods of time, and its NV Energy Inc. and PacifiCorp utilities will save as much as $63.9million annually by 2017, Energy and Environmental Economics Inc. reports show.
BT agrees massive wind energy deal
BT is buying 50% of the electricity generated by the 48-turbine Fallago Rig windfarm in the Scottish Borders in a deal worth around £300million over two years.