North-east oil workers are warming to Green way of thinking, says Patrick Harvie
The Greens are often cast by political rivals as being out of touch with voters in the region.
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ETZ launches £100K future energy training grant for Aberdeen SMEs
ETZ Ltd, the not-for-profit brainchild of Sir Ian Wood, has launched a £100,000 grant to help firms in north-east Scotland prepare for the energy transition.
Major investment a sign of commitment to north-east recovery, says McIntosh Heavy Logistics
A north-east transport firm is playing its part in the region’s recovery from the pandemic after announcing a £750,000 investment.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic betting on north-east ‘carbon sucking’ plant to offset emissions
British billionaire Richard Branson’s airline, Virgin Atlantic, has signed up to use a technology that will suck carbon-dioxide directly from the north-east sky before locking it away.
Irish firm and Subsea 7 team up for floating wind farm off north-east coast
Irish firm Simply Blue Energy (SBE) and global energy services giant Subsea 7 have teamed up to develop a new floating offshore wind farm off the north-east coast.
CCS ‘may only make sense in areas like north-east Scotland’
Rollout of CCS technology is likely to be very "place-specific", rather than widespread, as a measure to tackle climate change, according to new research.
‘Economic fallout’ in Aberdeen laid bare
A leading Scottish economist has said the greater exposure to the “economic fallout” of the Covid-19 crisis suffered by Aberdeen and wider north-east, compared with other parts of the country, must not be forgotten in post-pandemic rebuilding efforts.
Sir Ian Wood: £62m energy funding package brings ‘exciting challenge’ for north-east economy
Sir Ian Wood, chair of economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE), comments on the Energy Transition Fund announcement from the Scottish Government.
Oil and Gas: Holding your nerve?
Investing in capital markets is, speculators aside, a long- term play. When times are good investors can relax and take pleasure in their investment prowess; when times are bad investors need to remind themselves, they are in for the long term, and play to the fundamentals.
Budget forecasts on North Sea revenues will be ‘wrong’ due to oil price freefall
The oil price freefall means projections for the UK’s North Sea revenues are already out of date before the Budget is even published, according to a leading analyst.