A new report from Robert Gordon University (RGU) suggests £17 billion of investment could secure the north-east’s position as a leading global energy hub, but a lack of ambition may lead to significant job losses.
A new report has laid out the potential monetary benefits of a major north-east decarbonisation project.
Storegga has raised £51.3 million as Snam, Europe’s largest gas infrastructure operator, joins as an investor.
Scotland’s net zero secretary said the country's oil and gas expertise and close links with Europe would open new hydrogen export opportunities, but stressed it must also bring local investment.
Harbour Energy is pushing ahead with an “active rig programme”, with plans to drill over 20 development and infill wells in 2022.
My eldest son is an aerospace engineer and lives and works in Seattle on the US West coast. He’s built a career in an industry which nowadays offers few opportunities in Scotland nor many in other parts of the UK.
UK energy minister Greg Hands said further updates on carbon capture and storage (CCS) funding critical to north-east Scotland’s Acorn project will come later this year, after the government's Energy Security Strategy offered little new for the sector.
Fishing has been the lifeblood of Peterhead for 400 years and that’s not about to change any time soon.
A long-awaited UK energy strategy must include investment in a north-east carbon capture project which was snubbed last year, the SNP says.
Plans for new north-east low-carbon power station - that could create and support scores of green jobs - have taken a “major step” forwards.
A project that promises to deliver thousands of north-east jobs as well as ensure Scotland meets its net zero targets will happen “as soon as practical”, despite losing out its first bid for UK Government funding last year.
Shell has unveiled new plans in a bid to get its rejected Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea back on track.
The North Sea’s leading trade body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has officially completed its planned rebrand.
Ineos has invited engineering design contractors to tender for the design of a hydrogen production plant equipped with carbon capturing capabilities at its Grangemouth site.
SSE Thermal and Equinor have formally submitted two low-carbon projects into a competition for UK Government funding.
Storegga, the low carbonfirm behind Aberdeenshire’s Acorn project, has unveiled a new head of corporate affairs.
The Scottish Government has earmarked up to £80 million in a bid to bring forward the timeline for a key decarbonisation project.
The COP26 climate conference is now behind us and we are left with mixed feelings about the future health of our planet. While some summarised the conference as “blah blah blah”, others talked about constructive discussions and breakthroughs.
The UK has the potential to be a global leader in carbon capture and direct air capture technologies – but large-scale projects must be developed rapidly if our net zero goal is to be achieved.
Scottish Government ministers must make a “quick decision” on carbon capture if it can meet its net zero ambitions by 2030, independent advisers at the Climate Change Committee (CCC) have said.
The owner of the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire has bought in as a partner in the Acorn CCS project.
Billionaire industrialist Sir Ian Wood has said he is “more hopeful” about the prospects of a landmark project to capture, store and manage carbon in the north-east than he was when it was snubbed in a £1billion government funding programme a few weeks ago.
Storegga, the company behind the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Aberdeenshire, will apply its technology for a new scheme in Texas.
The US-headquartered oil major will invest $15 billion in new and “aggressive” emissions reduction plans.
A new steering committee backed by Sir Ian Wood’s Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) has set out a vision of how 20% of the UK’s hydrogen capacity could be met by North-east Scotland by 2032.