Oilmen to jump for cash
FOUR brave employees of a global oil services firm will jump out of a plane at the weekend - from 10,000ft.
Energy Transition
Rescue plan for Scots wind turbine maker
An Irish company is to take over a Scottish wind turbine manufacturer which crashed into receivership just days after it admitted a defect with one of its generators.
Predicting the power of the wind?
The Met Office has launched a weather forecasting tool aimed at the wind energy sector.
Competition for first tidal array hots up
Plans by a marine energy device producer and RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales's first tidal energy farm have moved a step closer.
Offshore wind costs task force
A group of business leaders from the growing offshore wind industry have been named as heading up a task force to reduce costs in the sector.
Wave power set to boost jobs in Western Isles
SCOTLAND'S first commercial wavefarm could be built off the Western Isles within four years.
Speyside wind turbines may raise thousands
A SMALL Strathspey community company is planning a three-turbine windfarm which could eventually fund a range of activities in the village.
Tata to invest £2million in wind
Tata Steel said today it is to invest £2million in its Hartlepool tube works and has forged a supply deal with a German manufacturer in a bid to meet demand in the offshore wind turbine jacket market.
Aquatera looking to expand international projects
An Orkney-based environmental consultant is hoping to expand its overseas work on the back of Scotland's lead in marine renewables.
Huntly turbine may bring cash windfall
HUNTLY residents will have the chance to view plans this month for a windfarm they would partly own.
Opportunities in recession on menu at dinner
Business leaders from across the north-east will be gathering on Monday for Robert Gordon University's 2011 entrepreneurship dinner.
Tackling skills shortages in renewables
A £1.2million training initiative has been set up to tackle skills shortages in the renewables industry.
Councillors back bid for windfarm despite warnings from planners
A CONTROVERSIAL bid to build a windfarm in rural Aberdeenshire has been backed by councillors.
Isles rally against high fuel prices
A PUBLIC protest against high road fuel prices in the Western Isles is being staged tomorrow.
Multimillion-pound boost for biodiesel firm
ARGENT Energy Group, a waste-to-energy biodiesel producer, has secured a £4million funding package from the Royal Bank of Scotland and a further £2.95million from the bank's asset-financing division, Lombard, to help with its development.
Loans for renewable power schemes
SCHEMES to develop locally-owned community renewable energy projects in the north and north-east have been awarded nearly £2million in loans.
Shetland operators invest more than £10m in new boats
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 welcome EU stance on tar sands
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.
Committed to renewables
Renewables manager Rajini Sokhi discovered her love of engineering almost too late, after taking a roundabout route into the green-energy industry.
‘No record’ of Trump turbine talks
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.
Bright future for ‘select few’ firms in sector
GREEN Ocean Energy will not be the last marine power company to fail, an industry analyst has warned.
Wave Treader technology firm sunk by serious lack of funding
AN ABERDEEN-BASED marine-energy developer which was designing renewable technology to power offshore installations has gone under.
Windfarm fears dismissed by developer
A WINDFARM developer yesterday denied claims that the land they want to build on could lead to a "catastrophic failure" of the turbines.
Bonus payouts at energy firm as bills rocket
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.
Fuel firm to explain prices
REPRESENTATIVES of a fuel firm which supplies the Western and Northern isles have agreed to explain their pricing structure.