Go-ahead for wind turbine in Easter Ross
The first single wind turbine in Easter Ross was yesterday narrowly given the go-ahead by Highland councillors despite attracting more than 70 objections from neighbouring residents.
Energy Transition
Renewables firms looking for recruits
Hundreds of jobs could be created in the renewable-energy industry in the coming months after a survey revealed more than 80% of firms in the industry planned to add to their workforce.
Chevron uses power of the sun to extract heavy crudel
CHEVRON Technology Ventures has launched a demonstration project to test the viability of using solar energy to produce oil.
Pipeline bundles pose very particular decommissioning challege
PIPELINE bundles may only represent a small percentage of the total length of installed pipeline in the North Sea but, come the time for their decommissioning, it is of course essential that they too are dealt with in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
Cullen to deliver keynote at OPTIO’s Middle East safety conference
LORD Douglas Cullen will join an impressive line-up of leading oil and gas industry figures sharing their experiences and insights during our second annual Safety and Competency Conference in Abu Dhabi later this month.
Plugging gap in skills needs
ENERGY skills ambassador Celia Anderson has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University Campus Suffolk (UCS Lowestoft).
Asco apprentices set for action
EIGHT new apprentices are set for a footing in the oil and gas industry after joining industry logistics business Asco.
Many heads make light work
A GROUP of 19 university researchers have given their thoughts on the possible solutions to the challenge of carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Importance of maths in the oil and gas sector
STUDENTS from eight schools across the north-east got their teeth into the maths of the oil and gas industry at the first of four TechFest-SetPoint's Maths in the Pipeline workshops this term.
Himalayas . . . a potential ‘Saudi Arabia’ of solar energy power
BORED with geography lessons despite the fantastic new David Attenborough series on the box about the coldest places on planet Earth?
Budding engineers
ABERDEENSHIRE youngsters have just been given an early month taste of the skills and challenges encountered in industry at a science and engineering showcase day in the Granite City.
Minister backs biomass plants
ENERGY Minister Fergus Ewing yesterday outlined his support for small-scale biomass plants before a meeting with timber industry representatives in the north today.
Tidal project given £18m boost
WAVE and tidal projects in Orkney waters are to benefit from an £18million boost.
Reservoir Group announces fifth buy of the year
Oilfield service firm Reservoir Group, of Aberdeen, yesterday unveiled its fifth acquisition of the year.
Windfarms ‘shock’ as turbine map revealed
A NEW map has revealed the full scale of the windfarms explosion across the north and north-east - and led to calls for a moratorium on any more turbine projects.
Tidal energy: Abundant natural resource in north
THE Highlands and islands have more than their fair share of tidal-energy resources. Highlands and Islands Enterprise said the Pentland Firth strategic area alone hosted six of the top 10 tidal-energy sites in the UK.
Boost for tidal power
TIDAL energy projects in Scotland received a boost today after the Scottish Government announced plans to increase the financial support they could get.
Energy firm pledges £3.25m for education
A WIND energy firm announced plans yesterday to provide £3.25million over 25 years for educational initiatives in the Highlands if its proposed windfarm near Inverness secures planning permission.
Peterhead favourite for carbon plan cash
THE UK Government has given a clear signal that the north-east is the front runner in the race for up to £1billion of funding for a pioneering green energy project.
Nigg deal ‘huge boost to Easter Ross’
THE announcement that Global Energy Group has finally secured the purchase of the Nigg yard was widely welcomed by politicians and business leaders yesterday.
Renewables tariffs announced
Offshore wind farms in England and Wales are set to receive more subsidies than previously planned in the next few years under proposals from the UK Government today.
Japanese testing tidal technology in Scots waters
JAPANESE firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is to use Scottish waters to test a tidal-energy system it has been developing, it was announced yesterday.
Mackays invests in green power
FASHION retailer Mackays Group, which trades as M&Co, is to invest more than £20million in a new wind-turbine network to generate all the power used in its stores in nearly 300 towns nationwide.
£1bn of carbon-capture funding could be redirected to Peterhead
THE north-east could be in "pole position" to land up to £1billion of UK Government funding for the country's first carbon-capture and storage project.
Hopes for £1bn of carbon-capture funding to be redirected to Peterhead
THE north-east could be in "pole position" to land up to £1billion of UK Government funding for the country's first carbon-capture and storage project.