Trade unions and climate campaigners have called for the creation of an “offshore training passport” to help workers move between the oil and gas and renewables sectors more easily.
Renewables continues to trump fossil fuels on costs, with the majority of new developments now producing cheaper energy.
South Asia, which includes India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, is slowly following the rest of the world in the transition towards cleaner energy systems. The subtle shift opens potentially large market opportunities for energy service suppliers.
Investments in Asia Pacific wind and solar power could double to $1.3 trillion over the current decade to 2030 compared with the period 2011-20, predicts Wood Mackenzie. However, in most Asian markets, subsidy-free renewable power will not be able to compete with coal power until 2025 or later, cautioned the energy research company.
Thailand's state-owned oil and gas group, PTT, will invest 20 billion baht ($635 million) in renewable energy in India, China and elsewhere in Asia, as it takes steps to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources.
Japanese trading conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation will develop a massive onshore wind farm in Laos that will supply electricity to power-hungry Vietnam.
Petrofac has made a senior UK appointment to support the continued growth of its renewables offering.
The chance to take the first step on the career path in the renewable energy sector will be in the spotlight at an event this week.
The British grid is set to see periods where it is powered free of fossil fuels and with 100% zero-carbon electricity in just four years' time, the operator has said.
Hyundai Engineering has awarded Arup and Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) an engineering services contract for the 220 MW Anmado offshore wind project in South Korea.
Most UK adults want government spending on North Sea oil and gas redirected to renewables, according to a new campaigner survey.
Aberdeen South MP Stephen Flynn has appealed to the UK Government for clarity on a process that could remove the grid charges “millstone” from around the Scottish renewables sector's neck.
A new survey has highlighted a “significant improvement” in confidence levels among North Sea oil and gas contractors who are also increasingly looking to weigh in for the energy transition.
Floating wind energy projects could open up vast areas of the world’s oceans to produce carbon-free power.
Garry Millard, corporate new business development director at Innovo, explains how modular engineering can fast-track delivery even when bespoke solutions are called for.
Despite major global economies moving away from coal to curb carbon emissions, coal is set to maintain its dominance in Indonesia’s power mix during 2021-30, as a decisive renewable energy policy remains absent.
Japanese trading house Mitsui has chosen the Philippines for the company’s first mega solar project in Southeast Asia.
An Orkney-based marine services company has set a course to double the size of its business thanks to £5.3m from lenders.
This year, the government will host COP26, the UN’s global climate change conference, and share how we will reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
A north-east renewables body is calling on Scotland’s new government to make the sector a top priority ahead of crunch climate talks later this year.
This year’s Earth Day was cause for optimism in our fight against the climate emergency. With climate change now well and truly upon us, Earth Day 2021 saw the most significant renewal of pledges to tackle the crisis by national governments since the Paris Agreement of 2015.
Aberdeen’s Texo Group has bagged a multi-million pound fabrication contract for work on a Scottish offshore wind farm.
Plans are progressing for the second phase of the world’s largest tidal energy project off the North coast of Scotland.
One of Scotland’s biggest landowners is planning to build a renewable energy park on the site of a former opencast coalmine.
Integrating renewables with oil and gas operations will be fundamental to cutting emissions and maintaining the North Sea’s social licence to continue producing hydrocarbons.