Why the EPL is putting both our North Sea industry and climate change goals at risk
The Autumn Budget is a chance for the government to make a bold statement on the energy transition.
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Energy secretary talks Scotland investment in Aberdeen visit
UK energy secretary Ed Miliband is set to visit Aberdeen on Thursday, promoting billions of potential funding and policy measures to support Scotland's energy sector.
Skills should be top of agenda post election, OPITO chief
The UK can position itself as a global leader in energy safety and competence with a renewed focus on skills and training, according to industry body OPITO.
Labour to propose offshore skills passport
A Labour government would create an offshore skills passport to allow workers to move between fossil fuels and renewables.
OEUK report outlines North Sea clean energy skills potential
The North Sea's skilled oil and gas specialists must be retained to power the transition to clean energy, according to a report released by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) today.
Exclusive: Outcry as wind body creates ‘roadblock’ to oil worker skills passport
Union bosses call on Global Wind Organisation (GWO) to change tack, lest government is asked to intervene.
Offshore worker report claims ‘culture of fear’ as barrier to North Sea transition
The study states that the promised boom in offshore wind and renewables cannot be modelled “in the broken image of the oil industry.”
Long-awaited energy skills passport to go live in first quarter of next year
An energy skills passport – that will allow workers to move between oil and gas and renewables – is expected to be fully functional early next year.
Energy skills passport takes step forwards with 3t Energy picked to help develop scheme
3t Energy Group has been chosen to help deliver a digital solution that will enable workers to move between sectors more easily.