The UK’s energy minister has warned that the world-leading subsea industry could leave the north-east if it continues to struggle to attract enough skilled workers.
The subsea industry is now worth almost £9billion in the UK, which now accounts for almost half the global market, according to new figures released today.
The European Parliament has voted for a hike in carbon prices and cut to permits in a bid to tackle excessive carbon emissions.
Creating a common energy market by 2014 will be Lithuania’s priority as the current EU president, the country’s head of state has announced.
Generating energy via biomass needs to be more efficient to protect the environment and preserve production resources for longer, European environment chiefs have warned.
Rosatom are set to take a 34% stake in Finnish nuclear operator Finnovoima after agreeing a deal to build the country's new £5billion nuclear plant.
GDF Suez is looking to reduce its debt by at least £510million by selling off stakes in its European solar and wind power generation assets, according to reports today.
Pelamis Wave Power said yesterday it would press ahead with testing its wave-energy device in waters off Orkney despite a major utility pulling out of the project.
Energy industry giants GE have completed their £2.2billion takeover of oil and gas industry lift producers Lufkin.
Aberdeen-based energy services firm Plexus has landed a deal worth up to £1.3million to provide wellhead technology for exploration off the Australian coast.
Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI), a global provider of emergency marine evacuation systems, is investing £500,000 in a new training academy.
NCIMB, the Aberdeen-based microbiology and chemical analysis company that manages the National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria, is collaborating in an anaerobic digestion (AD) project with the Organic Resource Agency (ORA), a specialist in sustainable waste management.
American scientists at the University of Delaware . . . chemist Joel Rosenthal and doctoral student John DiMeglio . . . have developed what is claimed to be a low-cost way of converting carbon dioxide into a synthetic fuel for multiple uses including power cars.
ScottishPower could create more than 2500 jobs after revealing plans for a £5.2billion upgrade of the UK's power distribution grid.
Offshore chemical specialist Aubin has launched a new subsea division to provide support for aging infrastructure in the North Sea.
Efforts to restore open cast mines in Scotland will be discussed today in light of the collapse of a major mining company.
ABB has landed a £13million deal with Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum.
Four bidders have been shortlisted to own and operate the proposed £311million West of Duddon Sands windfarm in the Irish Sea.
Rural communities in England are to get access to a £15million Government fund to help them generate their own green power.
Plans to offer a new deal to encourage a wave of investment in renewable energy schemes on the Scottish islands have been welcomed by industry figures.
The danger of power shortages in the UK by the middle of the decade has increased, regulator Ofgem has warned.
Independent renewable energy projects are now generating more than £190million a year for Scotland, according to new figures.
Pupils from Cults Academy reached the finals of this year’s Petrochallenge after winning the heat in Aberdeen.
A date has been set for the first stage of a public inquiry into a controversial windfarm in Sutherland.
A new government scheme to install free charging point for electric vehicles is underway across Scotland.