Tata wins big Siemens wind-tower steel deal
Tata Steel has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract by Siemens Wind Power to supply 25,000 tonnes of steel plate for wind towers.
Energy Transition
Strength to strength in Stavanger
Aberdeenshire-based Ferguson Group is expanding in Stavanger for the second time in two years.
SDI leading trade mission
Energy North with Scottish Development International (SDI) and UK Trade and Investment is leading a joint trade mission to Norway this spring.
Scots firms make themselves at home
At fewer than 500 miles from Scotland and with a resilient economy forecast to remain strong, Norway is an ideal trading environment for businesses, says Scottish Development International (SDI).
Decc mentoring scheme helps UK firms in Norway
A government mentoring scheme to help UK oil and gas firms make the most of the huge potential market in Norway is being re-launched.
Boom time for Norway
Last year was a record year for the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) and the boom is set to continue for another five years.
UKTI outlines opportunities outside oil and gas
UKTI, which works with Scottish Development International and Scottish Enterprise, says it is not just oil and gas opportunities that north-east firms can make the most of in Norway.
Message from HM Ambassador to Norway, Jane Owen
As British Ambassador to Norway, I spend a lot of my time talking to the businesses and policy makers who are working to make the most of the new discoveries as well as technological advances for mature fields.
Calling on Aberdeen
The Norwegian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and Region Stavanger is hosting an event for north-east businesses interested in trading in the region on Wednesday.
The opportunities and risks
Growing confidence in the Norwegian oil and gas sector is a golden opportunity for north-east firms to grow their business, according to KPMG.
Wood Mackenzie says 2011 exceptional year on NCS
Last year was an exceptional year for the Norwegian upstream oil and gas industry, and more of the same including the opening of new frontiers is expected in 2012, according to Wood Mackenzie.
40 years of expertise
Foster Wheeler's Glasgow operation has performed a range of work for more than 40 years.
Clean bill of marine life health for tidal device
A tidal current turbine being tested in Irish waters has been given a clean bill of marine health, according to a report being published today.
Alstom and SSE join forces to harness wave power
A joint venture has been launched by Alstom and SSE Renewables to create what it says would be the world's largest wave farm off the coast of Scotland, it was announced today.
SSE eyes new north project
Scottish utility SSE is about to put forward plans for a new hydroelectric project in the heart of the Highlands for public scrutiny before a planning application to Scottish ministers.
Salmond opens country’s arms to young innovators
The first minister is to invite some of the world's most talented young innovators to Scotland to see the energy research being undertaken.
UHI to bolster renewables courses and energise sector
The principal of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) said yesterday the institution would expand its renewable-energy courses to help meet the sector's skills shortages.
Sea-energy R&D cash up for grabs
MORE than £10million is to be invested in new research and development to help demonstrate that wave and tidal energy can be generated at scale, and with lower production costs.
Windfarm south of Inverness could power 18,600 homes
An energy company has lodged an application for a 13-turbine windfarm five miles south of Inverness on a hillside overlooking the picturesque community of Daviot.
Science festival heading north
National Science and Engineering Week arrives in Aberdeen next month.
Iberdrola bids for French offshore wind sites
A consortium led by Iberdrola, whose global offshore wind headquarters is in Glasgow, has put in bids for windfarm projects off the Brittany and Atlantic coasts as part of the French Government's competition to install up to three gigawatts of offshore wind capacity.
Outlook for solar power subsidies not so sunny after government move
THE outlook for solar energy subsidy in the UK has been obscured since the UK Government confirmed in October that feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) technology would be cut, nearly doubling the payback period for householders.
Apache teams with Gradcrackers
Two companies hoping to promote careers in oil and gas to university students worked together to provide a real taste of life on a North Sea drilling platform.
SSE transfers nine clean energy investments
Scottish utility SSE said today that it had transferred nine clean energy investments into a £95million fund.
ITF sets out 2012 tech challenges
Up to £50million of funding could be available to firms that can develop the technology to help the biggest challenges in the oil and gas industry.