A WIND energy firm has attacked Highland Council for failing to back its plans for a new windfarm near Inverness which it claims would bring £100million investment and dozens of jobs to the Highlands in difficult economic times.
A SCOTTISH renewable energy company which sold hundreds of defective wind turbines collapsed yesterday.
GLOBAL Energy Group added another prestigious accolade to its growing collection at a business gathering in Inverness last night.
More than 200 people are due to attend Scotland's largest marine energy conference in Inverness next week.
SCOTTISH renewable-energy firm Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) said yesterday it was weighing up its options for how best to scale up its manufacturing to commercial levels.
The owners of more than 600 small wind turbines have been told to shut them down amid fears of catastrophic mechanical failure.
US BILLIONAIRE businessman Donald Trump said yesterday he is "fighting for the benefit of Scotland" in objecting to plans for an offshore windfarm.
MARINE developers have a major question on their hands - how to reduce the cost of power generation while increasing yield.
A PROPOSED process engineering joint industry project has secured enough sponsorship to initiate.
CO2 is now a major headache and headlines are full of stories about how to capture and store the gas. Carbon capture is considered by UK policymakers to be the way ahead.
YOUNGSTERS got their first feel for some of the science behind energy at Aberdeen's annual TechFest event.
Donald Trump has warned that he will reconsider his plans for a £700million resort around his north-east golf course if a huge offshore windfarm is built nearby.
PLANNING chiefs are recommending to Highland councillors that they reject a developer's proposals for a giant, 23-turbine windfarm at Druim Ba, near Kiltarlity, when they consider the application next Tuesday.
New exhibits at a famous art museum could soon be going on permanent display across the length and breadth of the countryside.
A Japanese energy company which buys renewable power from small independent producers has opened its first Scottish office.
AN ENGINEER based in Aberdeen is one of the first recipients of a new scholarship awarded by industry body Subsea UK.
ABERDEEN-based engineer Yasaman Zirakzadeh has become one of the first recipients of a new £7,500 scholarship from industry body Subsea UK.
HIGHLAND councillors yesterday deferred making a decision on an application to build the first single wind turbine in Easter Ross to allow them to scrutinise high-quality photographs of the proposal's visual impact.
OIL and gas engineering consultancy Optimus (Aberdeen) announced yesterday the biggest intake of graduates in its 12-year history.
THE first tranche of graduates from the University of Aberdeen's MSc Oil and Gas Structural Engineering completed the course this year.
AN APPRENTICE-STYLE reality TV show in Ghana sponsored by the British Council is giving 12 graduates the chance to win an all-expenses scholarship in Aberdeen.
THREE chemical engineering graduates from Loughborough University have been given an insight in to the workings of a major integrated energy company after winning a competition.
KONGSBERG Maritime has launched a new scholarship in a bid to tackle what it calls a "chronic shortage" of electronic engineers entering the oil and gas industry.
Banchory-based biomass and district heating specialist Jigsaw Energy was runner-up at the 2011 Renewables Awards in Coventry.
US renewable-energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said today it believed capacity on one of its wave energy devices being tested off Scotland was better than most other renewable energy sources.