TWO Shetland boat operators, Delta Marine and Research Fishing Company (RFC), are investing more than £10million in new vessels to support a predicted increase in offshore renewable-energy contracts.
GREEN groups welcomed news yesterday of EU moves to rule tar sands as more polluting than conventional transport fuels, which they said could ban the controversial oil from Europe.
Renewables manager Rajini Sokhi discovered her love of engineering almost too late, after taking a roundabout route into the green-energy industry.
AN MSP trying to establish whether SNP ministers held talks with Donald Trump over plans to build a offshore windfarm near his luxury golf resort in Aberdeenshire has hit a brick wall.
GREEN Ocean Energy will not be the last marine power company to fail, an industry analyst has warned.
AN ABERDEEN-BASED marine-energy developer which was designing renewable technology to power offshore installations has gone under.
A WINDFARM developer yesterday denied claims that the land they want to build on could lead to a "catastrophic failure" of the turbines.
ONE of the UK's big six energy suppliers will hand shareholders a bonus potentially worth £50million - just weeks after increasing gas and electricity bills.
REPRESENTATIVES of a fuel firm which supplies the Western and Northern isles have agreed to explain their pricing structure.
HERE is one way that supposedly old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. American scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed "TU-103," that can use paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for petrol.
THE Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) plans to take wave energy to the next level with a project to design and demonstrate a low-cost wave energy converter system.
BILLIONAIRE businessman Donald Trump has written to Alex Salmond for a second time, objecting to plans to build an offshore windfarm near his luxury golf resort.
COUNCILLORS have urged their colleagues to continue lobbying the UK Government to reveal when householders can benefit from a renewable energy scheme.
DEMAND for wood to heat homes and businesses and generate power is surging as people look for cheaper fuels.
REPRESENTATIVES from Australia's oil and gas industry were in Aberdeen yesterday to learn more about training in the sector.
Renewable energy in the far north is expected to be one of the main beneficiaries of a development fund.
Scottish marine energy company Aquamarine Power said today it had received £7million of fresh funding to develop its technology.
The final seminar of 2011 for Young Professionals in Oil and Gas is in Aberdeen on Thursday.
OIL and gas platforms could offer a lifeline to the Scottish fishing industry by providing an ideal home for populations of species such as cod and haddock.
SCOTLAND'S oil and gas supply chain can help reduce offshore wind-energy costs by at least 20%.
TOP priorities for oil and gas technology investment in 2012 were agreed at an international gathering of ITF members in Aberdeen.
SCOTTISH and Southern Energy (SSE) has not ruled out a return to nuclear power despite confirming plans to focus on other energy sources.
SCOTTISH and Southern Energy (SSE) is expected to make an announcement today on its future commitment to new nuclear energy.
A delegation of potential multi-million pound investors and wind farm equipment manufacturers from China have been eyeing prospects in Essex.
A specialist electrical services company has opened a new headquarters in Great Yarmouth to cope with increased demand and to chase opportunities in the onshore and offshore energy sectors.