Subsea 7 rationalises renewables division
Subsea 7 has said it is to hand its Aberdeen-based renewables division to a Dutch heavy lifting company it half owns.
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Yarmouth firm creates offshore platform solar array
East Anglian electrical engineering firm Dabbrook has completed a contract to supply a solar power system for a new offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Suez.
‘Green power subsidy needed’
Alex Salmond's SNP will not meet ambitious renewable energy targets without the benefit of Westminster subsidies, a senior MP has argued.
Is sodium the next big thing in rechargeable batteries?
We're mostly familiar with the lithium ion battery, which can be recharged hundreds of times and is shown to work really well in devices such as mobile phones.
Potential oil and gas professionals prove worthy of STEM prize
Students from Westhill Academy have proved themselves potential oil and gas professionals of the future after beating a host of other schools to the STEM in the Pipeline crown.
Top marks for ingenuity
Two MSc students have been picked as the winners of this year's best energy paper competition, run by the Energy Institute.
ABB cracks 100-year-old tough technology nut
Leading power and automation technology group ABB says it has solved a 100-year-old electrical puzzle by developing a direct current breaker for high voltage DC transmission that it says will help shape the grid
Fire service loss is big gain for energy
Fire fighting would have been his second career choice but, instead, a career in the nuclear industry has led to James Watmore picking up industry association NOF Energy's New Talent Award 2012.
Mighty wind . . . a force to be reckoned with
Wind power could supply up to 12% of global electricity by 2020, creating 1.4million new jobs and reducing CO2 emissions by more than 1.5billion tons per year, more than 5 times today's level, according to new research.
Pupils delve into energy
Pupils from Bucksburn Academy have been tackling head-on the energy issues facing Scotland and the world in a series of seminars at the school.
Call to energy firms for student projects
A call is being put out to oil and gas firms to "make the most" of MA engineering and energy students at Aberdeen University.
East Anglia project planning filed
Just before Christmas, the planning application for the huge 1.2GW (gigawatt), Round Three East Anglia development off the coast of Anglia was submitted.
Maths skills to the fore for challenge
Pupils from 26 schools across Aberdeen city and Shire have had their maths skills put to the test in the 2012 TechFest-SetPoint programme.
Fugro wins US wind mega-survey
Fugro Atlantic has been appointed to undertake a geological and geophysical survey for the Virginia Wind Energy Area for the state of Virginia in the US.
Wave test site gets first tenant
A new wave energy test site off the souther west coast of England has had its first trial approved.
Green targets on track
Britain is on track to meet European renewable-energy targets, according to UK Government figures out yesterday.
Stork to develop talent
Stork Technical Services has welcomed the first intake of trainees on to its recently-launched UK graduate training programme.
Weldex opening school for crane drivers at energy park
A crane-driver training centre is to be opened soon at Nigg Energy Park on the Cromarty Firth, creating an initial 10 jobs.
Salmond’s words now a weapon
Donald Trump will seek to use Alex Salmond's own words to try to halt plans for a windfarm off the coast of his Scottish golf course.
Demand puts Emec on crest of a wave
Demand for access to wave and tidal test sites at the European Marine Energy Centre (Emec) has never been higher as the Orkney facility gears up for its 10th anniversary year.
Exciting Western Isles project
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum says that a £989million project to bring on stream two UK oil fields which was given the go-ahead this week will produce over 200 jobs, and a significant amount of supply, engineering and construction work.
£20m Lewis wave power station project abandoned
A £20million plan for one of the world’s first wave power stations off Lewis has been shelved.
Training academy pays off
A skills training academy based in Nigg Energy Park has already prepared new recruits for life at Global Energy.
Doubt cast on role of windfarms as wear and tear takes toll on turbines
New research has suggested the economic lifespan of windfarm turbines is up to 10 years shorter than previously thought.
£9.2m dock development a boon for marine renewables
Work has started on a multimillion-pound dock development which aims to draw more investment to Orkney's renewable-energy sector.