Bugs that can make ‘green’ methane
Microbes that convert electricity into methane gas could become an important source of renewable energy, according to scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State universities.
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Paradigm aims to attract the brightest students
Skills learned in the armed forces can often be transferred to civilian jobs and one Aberdeen student has used experience gained exploring the high seas to secure an energy industry scholarship.
Graduate profile: Emma Stephenson
After flirting with a career in the RAF, aeronautical engineer Emma Stephenson instead chose the oil and gas industry.
Collaboration on Intersect simulator
Total has decided to team up with the Schlumberger and Chevron collaboration to further develop the Intersect next-generation reservoir simulator. The French major is to contribute engineering resources and expertise to expand the effort.
3Sun Group aims to tackle lack of wind-turbine qualifications
3Sun Group is seeking £3.2million of public funding as part of an £8.4million project to tackle an estimated lack of wind turbine and offshore technicians in the supply chain.
Primary pupils benefit from experience
Peterhead engineering firm Score Europe is taking steps to forge closer links with primary schools in the area.
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ETI turns up the heat on two projects
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for two projects launched as part of its £100million Smart Systems and Heat Programme.
Scheme brings females into energy industry
Pupils from Gordon Schools Huntly got to dip their toes in the energy industry through a visit to offshore safety and survival firm Falck Nutec in Dyce earlier this year.
A2Sea picked for jack-ups
Offshore wind services firm A2Sea has been picked to provide two jack-up vessels for the construction of RWE's Gwynt y Môr offshore windfarm off the coast of North Wales.
Ministers given insight into isles’ marine energy
The European Marine Energy Centre yesterday welcomed two ministers to its world-leading facilities in Orkney.
Sea power park ‘will generate jobs for thousands’
A NEW marine energy park off the north of Scotland will generate thousands of jobs and become a global leader, the UK's energy minister said yesterday.
Scheme cash helps firm take on first employee
A small north-east energy service business has taken on its first employee thanks to a £1,000 grant from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils
Energy park to open
One of the largest marine energy parks in the world will be officially opened today in the turbulent waters of the Pentland Firth.
Offshore bid for site with 125 turbines
A power company has submitted a £1.4billion application to build up to 125 wind turbines off the east coast of Scotland.
Energy giant warns of employment scam
North Sea oil workers are being targeted again in a sophisticated online scam aimed at conning job-seekers out of hundreds of pounds.
Meygen lodges plans for tidal array
Tidal energy developer Meygen has lodged plans for the first phase of a 400 megawatt project in the Inner Sounds of the Pentland Firth.
Marine energy consultation launched
The Crown Estate said yesterday it had launched an "industry engagement exercise" aimed at shaping the future of leases for wave and tidal projects in the UK.
Turbine subsidy cuts of just 10%
The Department of Energy has resisted calls for significant cuts to onshore wind subsidies south of the border, announcing a cut of 10% in payments for new farms.
Firms held back by skills gap
The Highland energy sector will have a skills gap amounting to nearly 900 people over the next five years, trade body Energy North said last night.
Trump takes fight south
Tycoon Donald Trump is taking his windfarm fight to Westminster after being asked to appear before a House of Commons committee later this year.
Breedon targets Moray
Building materials firm Breedon Aggregates said yesterday it had set its sights on more work in Moray.
Plan to double size of windfarm thrown out
Plans to nearly double the size of a Caithness windfarm were rejected by councillors yesterday because of its impact on the "main tourist route" in the north.
UK windfarm jobs ‘may go to foreigners’
An industry boss has warned that offshore wind developments around the UK may have to rely on a largely foreign workforce because of a severe skills gap.
Back carbon capture plant call
PRESSURE was mounting on the UK Government last night to back plans for a pioneering green energy scheme in the north-east after it failed to win a huge Brussels grant.