Outcry as UK loses out to UAE’s Lamprell on £10bn floating wind projects
Work for a trio of giant floating wind projects off the coast of Scotland have gone to the UAE fabricator Lamprell, sparking outcry.
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Scottish energy opportunity blowing away into the desert wind
“Put simply, a just transition is about moving to an environmentally sustainable economy (that’s the ‘transition’ part) without leaving workers in polluting industries behind,” says NGO Greenpeace
Counting down to All-Energy’s 21st anniversary event
There are just weeks to go before a very special All-Energy and co-located Dcarbonise show open at Glasgow’s SEC.
Industry reaction as OGA rebrands to NSTA
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has made a rebrand to the North Sea Transition Authority - here's the industry reaction to the move.
At what point does Big Wind become a pariah?
Reach back 20 years and there was much excitement about the idea that renewables would kick open the doorway to distributed energy; the notion that power generation would be somehow spread equitably throughout the land and be friendly.
Jeremy Cresswell: Shocking fragility of the UK’s energy system
Far from having an energy production, supply and distribution machine that is robust and flexible as claimed, the UK’s is in a mess.
Jeremy Cresswell: ScotWind round is manna that must not be wasted
It has been more than 20 years in the making, but at last Aberdeen has got its big chance to prove that it really can become a major player in offshore renewables and especially wind.
Big Oil and King Coal at COP26
Cut it whichever way you like, little genuine forward progress was made at COP26, in my opinion. At best the outcomes are fragile.
Jeremy Cresswell: Tweet Boris Johnson to kill Cambo? I think not
I’ve just received a round-robin email from Greenpeace calling on Brits to tweet Boris and kill off North Sea oil & gas right now.
‘If there is to be a new jobs taskforce then at least make sure that it is joined-up’
Not many days ago, a Scottish MSP said the Holyrood government ought to revive an initiative originally set up in 2015 to protect and sustain oil and gas jobs at a time of crisis.
Big Oil and the energy transition
The energy world is riven by many contradictions that are making the climate change-driven transition to a low-carbon world difficult.
North Sea ‘already battening down the hatches’ over oil price-quake
I can imagine the expletives uttered the length and breadth of the North West Europe Continental Shelf as folk across the offshore oil & gas industry woke up this morning … from operators right down the food chain to the smallest service companies.
Renewables generating a slave labour market
We’ve been here before, at least in the context of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Jeremy Cresswell: ‘Brexit a disaster in the making’ for North Sea
READ: Hard Brexit 'could lead to platforms being shut down' warns Oil and Gas UK.
Jeremy Cresswell: DNV’s oil forecast contrasts sharply with others
“Demand for oil will peak in 2022, driven by expectations for a surge in prominence of light electric vehicles, accounting for 50% of new car sales globally by 2035.”
Jeremy Cresswell: The UK oilco that never grew up
Shares in explorer Premier Oil rocketed by almost a third mid-July after the company said it had made a world-class oil discovery offshore Mexico.
Jeremy Cresswell: Waking the Kraken … a complex tale for sure
It’s very good news that Enquest has manage to successfully bring the UKCS Quadrant 9 Kraken heavy oilfield onstream, 22 years after oil was first encountered in 1985.
Stay in the know with Energy Voice’s Friday Five
Catch-up on all the week’s top news with Energy Voice’s Friday Five. Scroll through our gallery to see what oil and gas tax specialist and EV’s guest editor Derek Leith chose as his top picks of the week.
Best Opinion: Jeremy Cresswell – It’s not my job to be Mr Popular
We've rounded-up our best opinion pieces of the year. Jeremy Cresswell, Energy editor of our sister paper the Press & Journal, has an opinion that packs a punch. His take on the latest energy issues have become a monthly staple. From having a renewables go to calling out the big energy players, scroll our gallery and click 'read article' to read some of his best columns in full.
Opinion: SR crows about renewables supply chain performance overseas – I beg to differ…
Scottish Renewables is excited about the fact that a bunch of firms in Scotland have pulled around £125million of contracts from around the globe lately.
Jeremy Cresswell: Bête noire Big Oil’s dilemma
As 2016 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on what the future holds for us all and how increasingly urgent it is that we must adapt if, as a species, we are to remain viable.
Jeremy Cresswell: Oh for some green shoots of recovery
As a song from the memorable show and movie Cabaret reminds us: “Money makes the world go round” and it is certainly crucial for the future health of the UK North Sea.
Jeremy Cresswell: It’s not my job to be Mr Popular… so let’s talk about Transocean
It’s not my job to be Mr Popular and my “postbag” can be quite interesting after some of the observations I have made on the Energy Voice.
Opinion: Labour relations….a running score?
It is surely sad when an industry gets to such a parlous position that workers resort to the threat of industrial action and ultimately strike over pay and conditions.
Opinion: Exploring that irrepressible genius
One of the great things about my job is that I get to meet brilliant people.