There is a “massive opportunity” for the Grangemouth industrial cluster after the oil refinery there closes next year, the Scottish Government’s acting Net Zero Secretary has said.
By Grant Wilson, Associate Professor, Energy Systems and Data Group, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham; Daniel L. Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham, and Iain Staffell, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London
Great Britain’s electricity system (Northern Ireland is part of the integrated Irish electricity grid) made a leap forward in August 2024.
The mining industry is currently one of the most significant contributors to planet-warming emissions — but it's on track to become one of the most important sectors for a net-zero future.
The warning about October’s budget sent out by Sir Keir Starmer will scarcely have gone unnoticed in the energy sector. How will the “black hole” affect plans and policies that are essential to Labour’s fundamental commitment to the energy transition?
By Szebasztian Csernik-Tihn, Hydrogen UK economic analyst
The UK sits on a potential energy goldmine. The British Geological Survey estimates the nation could store up to 3,000 TWh of hydrogen – a staggering figure dwarfing the 60-100 TWh that the Royal Society said would be needed by 2050.
North East energy transition group D2Zero has added another acquisition to its growing portfolio as it announces the location of its new headquarters in Aberdeen.
London’s old-school oil stocks are no longer moving in tandem, as BP Plc underperforms Shell Plc due to concerns over the former’s green-energy transition and the outlook for earnings and shareholder payouts.
BP Aberdeen Hydrogen Energy Limited also awarded the first tranche of supply chain contracts for its Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub project to five local firms.
Norway must make more area available for hydrocarbon exploration and scale up the country’s nascent renewable sector in order to protect domestic suppliers of parts and services, according to the head of the country’s second biggest oil and gas company.
Aberdeenshire firm Pier Solutions could see a "substantial increase" in revenue and turnover after forming a partnership with hydrogen technology firm H2scan.
EDF Renewables is set to bring more than 300 MW of battery storage capacity online over the next 12 months across six UK projects currently under construction.
By Lancaster University senior research associate Fabio Carvalho and professor of energy and environmental sciences Alona Armstrong
If you were told solar farms could take up to 0.3% of the total land area in the UK by 2035, would you take up a banner and march to parliament in protest? It’s hard to imagine anyone feeling troubled by such a perceptibly small figure.
The windfall tax is an "appropriate mechanism" because North Sea oil and gas firms have "consistently failed to invest" in the energy transition, according to the head of a sustainable finance group.
The policy brains behind the UK’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters have hailed progress towards ambitions to make Great Britain a world leader in the technology despite deep concerns about delays in the projects.
Aberdeen University (UoA) will join other Scottish institutions to explore lessons from the past which could help coastal communities cope with the energy transition.