Falck sells minority stake in Scots windfarms for £153m
Onshore wind firm Falck Renewables has sold a 49% stake in five of its Scots windfarms to a Danish investment find for more than £450million.
Energy Transition
Universities land £1.1m for biofuel research
It could be the ultimate in green energy - biofuel produced using solar energy.
Student energy summit set for Aberdeen
A group of 35 students are working in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen and StudentEnergy to create the first European Student Energy Summit.
Master’s students spar at EI
This year's Energy Institute (Aberdeen) student best MSc paper contest staged late last m onth as always saw Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon Universities square against one another.
Copper’s solar potential investigated
Copper adorns Edinburgh's Usher Hall, makes sturdy, affordable power cables and helps our bodies absorb iron. Now, researchers at Duke University in the US want to use Cu to transform sunlight and water into a chemical fuel.
Government launches study into controversial windfarms as objectors demand moratorium
Campaigners have called for a moratorium on windfarm developments until the results of a new Scottish Government study of the impact of turbines are announced.
Alstom setting new turbine record off Belgium coast
French group Alstom has just completed the seaside installation of its new-generation offshore wind turbine, the 6MW (megawatt) Haliade 150 machine, off Ostend harbour
SPE Aberdeen launches bursaries competition
The Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has launched its latest student bursaries call covering the academic year 2013-14.
Swedes fly a kite at Strangford Lough
Minesto has successfully deployed its underwater tidal power kite in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Damen takes radical walk-to-work steps for offshore turbine crews
Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new windfarm service vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to “walk-to-work”.
Scotland’s Future: Fears for ‘eye-watering’ energy bills over renewables plans
The Tories have claimed that electricity bills could rise to “eye-watering proportions” in an independent Scotland under SNP renewable energy plans.
MOD shoots down windfarm plans over fears for pilots lives
SNP ministers have blocked plans for another big windfarm in Moray amid fears that it would put RAF pilots’ lives at risk.
Time for UK Government to show backing for offshore wind, warns green energy group
A leading green energy body has challenged the Government to show its commitment to wind power by increasing targets from offshore facilities.
Government review of small-scale anaerobic digestion welcomed by industry
Renewables bodies have welcomed government plans to carry out a review of the level of Feed-in Tariff (FiT) support available for small-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plants.
New MD for Maersk Training
Maersk Training has confirmed Stuart Cameron will be their new UK managing director, expanding his remit to include the company's operations in Aberdeen.
GDF Suez lands £1.4bn London waste to energy contract
GDF Suez's UK recycling arm Sita UK has landed a £1.4 billion contract to convert thousands of tonnes of London household waste into energy.
Developer launches hunt for Scottish large-scale solar sites
Farmers could earn more than £50,000 a year renting out sites for large-scale solar farms as a London-based developer scopes out potential sites in the north and north-east.
Solar the perfect “complement” to wind technology, insists Scots researcher
Large-scale solar farms could help balance electricity flow to the grid from existing windfarms, claims a leading solar researcher.
Opinion divided over plans for eight large-scale solar farms in Scotland
Plans to build up to eight large-scale solar farms in Scotland have been met with mixed reaction.
Skills gap remains key problem for oil and gas firms as 98% of firms eye new staff, warns survey
A record number of UK oil and gas contractors plan to grow their workforces in the coming year but are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain skilled staff, a new report says.
Scotland’s Future: New country would look for shared approach on renewable energy
Consumers south of the border will continue to pay towards renewable energy development in Scotland, according to the SNP.
Offshore wind developers accused of ‘steam-rolling’ landowners on cabling agreements
Offshore windfarm developers have been accused of taking advantage of landowners whose land they use to lay cables for connecting schemes to the grid.
Wind turbines ‘most controversial renewables technology’, finds survey
Wind turbine schemes are the least attractive and most difficult to develop renewable energy technologies, according to a new report.
Plans for Atlantic Array axed as RWE admit 1.2GW windfarm too costly
Plans to build one of the world's largest offshore windfarms off the British coast have been axed by developers.
High demand to join Scots wind co-operative project
Shares in a Highland community wind co-operative are selling faster than similar projects in other parts of the UK.