Renewables body calls for more heat networks to decarbonise Scottish cities
Scotland needs to urgently change the way it heats its cities and towns to meet its decarbonisation targets, according to industry body Scottish Renewables.
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Aberdeen’s D2Zero secures £150m for further acquisitions
Aberdeen-headquartered clean energy group D2Zero has secured a £150 million lending facility to target further acquisitions.
Viaro progresses nuclear plan for North Sea offshore assets
North Sea operator Viaro Energy is continuing its focus on nuclear power after forming a strategic partnership with reactor technology developer Terrestrial Energy.
Scotland re-elected for leadership role in global climate network
John Swinney has said that Scotland has “big ambitions” on climate change after the country was chosen for the third time to help lead a global climate action network.
Fast-tracking the energy transition with ‘decaf gas’
Climate scientists are warning that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record. Global temperatures are likely to exceed those in 2023 and every single month since June 2023 has ranked as the world’s warmest compared to pre-industrial levels.
Green hydrogen start-up DRIFT raises £4.6m to build first vessel
A British firm aiming to produce green hydrogen at sea has raised £4.6 million from investors as it aims to build its first vessel next year.
£3.1m green hydrogen boost for whisky industry in Speyside
The Scottish Government funding will support the development of a green hydrogen hub in Moray.
Aberdeen’s Exceed posts record breaking turnover amid international growth
Well management firm Exceed has achieved record-breaking turnover in the past year, with 50% of the company's revenues coming from energy transition activity.
EVOL: Redundancies, champions and a touch of glamour
Now that Repsol has settled its spat with Sinopec, the company has admitted it is “reviewing” its structure, with nearly 100 jobs expected to go. It set out plans recently for more activity, striking a slightly unusual tone – and failing to blame the windfall tax, unlike many of its contemporaries.
Decarbonising UK heating poses significant challenges, and opportunities
Decarbonising the UK heat sector will be crucial to achieving net zero targets, but within that challenge firms are also seeing lucrative opportunities.
Decarbonisation storm hits global shipping
Sea trade is under massive pressure to change as the global population of 61,000 ships collectively weighing in at over 2.1 billion tons deadweight is responsible for over 3% of current CO2 emissions and still rising.
Viaro Energy to explore using mini nuclear reactors to decarbonise offshore assets
Viaro Energy signs agreement with startup Newcleo to assess using nuclear power for existing and future North Sea assets
Aberdeen’s Apollo Engineering to trial electric vessel charger for offshore wind sector
Apollo's PALM Charger could help offshore wind developers decarbonise their marine vessel fleets
Former UK net zero chief hits out at North Sea oil and gas ‘favouritism’
Former Tory MP Chris Skidmore also derides "culture war" around net zero policies.
Should North Sea assets flare more as storms hit?
As the country recovers from Storm Babet and more adverse weather conditions are set to hit the UK as it goes into winter, the NZTC’s Lewis Harper asks if increased flaring offshore can reduce emissions.
Decarbonisation conference lauds progress, but warns UK could soon ‘lag behind’ global leaders
Over 200 energy industry leaders gathered in Aberdeen today as Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) held its first ever decarbonisation conference.
UK energy regulator seeks ways to make home usage more flexible
The UK’s energy regulator is looking into how to get households to use less when demand peaks or there’s little wind power, as part of efforts to decarbonise the grid.
Listicle: the top 10 projects in Europe’s CCS pipeline
As the world grapples with the pressing need to decarbonise, more and more countries are throwing the kitchen sink at the issue.
Why financing the energy transition needs a radical shift
Notwithstanding all the rhetoric, pledges and promises, 27 COPs, as well as genuine progress and notable effort in some areas, the global energy mix has not really changed from an 80:20 fossil fuel to renewables ratio over the last 30 years.
When it comes to platform electrification, it’s different courses for different horses
Adapting North Sea platforms to run on green power is, to borrow a previously used analogy, the industry’s equivalent of open heart surgery.
Energy industry challenged to prove to public that CCS is not ‘greenwashing’
North Sea chiefs challenged industry to change public perceptions around carbon capture and storage (CCS) during an OEUK event in Aberdeen on Tuesday.
Japan to drive low-carbon energy investment into Western Australia
The Western Australian government today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) covering hydrogen, ammonia, low emission technology and decarbonisation.
Norwegian-Scottish offshore wind partnership to support North Sea oil and gas decarbonisation
A pair of leading European offshore wind developers have unveiled plans to support North Sea oil and gas decarbonisation.
‘Urgent action’ needed to ensure north-east is at heart of UK’s £100 billion CCS industry
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could create and underpin thousands of green jobs in the north and north-east of Scotland in the coming years.
Carbon capture in Southeast Asia: myths and realities
In recent years the debate around carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) has gained traction in Southeast Asia. However, the establishment of CCUS in the region is likely to be limited to gas processing and some industrial applications, reckons the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).