It has been a very positive 12 months for Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) as we have seen our membership rise with an increase in the number of companies supporting both the offshore wind, wave and tidal sectors.
Two new Scottish wave energy firms have been awarded £7.7 million by a Scottish Government agency in the hopes of giving life to their ideas.
It’s a cliché to say that the past year has been one of highs and lows, but in a dynamic industry like renewables it’s a statement that’s rarely wrong.
New ways of maintaining ageing oil and gas assets have helped Global Energy Group achieve a rise in profits, chairman Roy MacGregor has said.
Concerns have been raised over the detrimental impact increasing numbers of wind farms could have on the Moray landscape.
Wind power generation hit a new record for Britain this week as renewables play an increasing role in the energy mix, figures show.
Perth utility giant SSE has said it expects to complete the giant Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Spring after it powered up its onshore Stronelairg array.
More than two million people in Africa are set to get new or improved access to clean energy with £100 million of funding from the UK, the Government has said.
The Port of Cromarty Firth (PCF) has awarded the contract to construct its new £30 million energy and cruise hub at Invergordon to Ireland and UK-based civil engineering and construction firm Roadbridge UK.
Venture capital interest in clean energy technologies is again on the rise, after important shifts in direction have created promising opportunities.
The expansion of manufacturing offshore wind blades at MHI Vestas' Isle of Wight factory is set to create hundreds of jobs, the company said.
Energy giant SSE has admitted there is "some uncertainty" that its merger with rival npower will go ahead after the pair delayed the tie-up due to the incoming cap on default tariff prices.
Moray Council has moved to officially object to proposals to expand a wind farm on Speyside – but backed the giant Moray West offshore plan.
Seaway Offshore Cables, part of Subsea 7, has won a contract worth a £115-230 million for the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm project.
Government officials have been told they must not allow the expansion of a Speyside wind farm for fear it could have a catastrophic impact upon some of Moray’s finest landscapes.
Dozens of wind turbines each standing 260 feet tall spin in the breeze on the plains of Oklahoma, feeding electricity for a Google data center about 180 miles away.
The ambition of the wave and tidal industry is not being matched by the UK Government, a former Scottish secretary has warned.
Motorists have been warned to expect traffic chaos as huge wind turbine parts are transported through Aberdeen over the next six weeks.
Windfarm operators in the north-east have received £1 million since the start of the year to turn off their turbines in high winds.
Previous Solar Wars articles have considered whether claims by EU investors against Spain and other EU states under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) would be affected by the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Slovak Republic v Achmea (Case C-284/16). That case held that an arbitration clause in bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between two EU states contravened EU law. The decisions in Masdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. v Spain (see Solar Wars Part V) and Antin Infrastructure v Spain (see Solar Wars Part VI) indicated that ECT tribunals were taking a consistent line in rejecting the application of Achmea to intra-EU ECT claims. Two recent awards appear to confirm this trend.
Simec Atlantis Energy said today that two faulty turbines on its MeyGen project had returned to action.
Giving the green light to a new commercial wind farm north of Lybster would leave villagers feeling encircled by steel towers, it was claimed yesterday.
The prospective developer of a large wind farm yesterday denied its plans would leave a Caithness village beset on all sides by turbines.
Orsted has agreed to buy Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind from D.E. Shaw Group for $510 million.
Highland Council has lodged plans for a hydro power scheme in Inverness that could provide electricity for three city landmarks.