North-east support for windfarms
A new survey claims people in the north-east are more open to having windfarms as part of their energy mix than the population in other parts of the country.
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Energy North eyes opening
The trade body which represents energy companies in the Highlands and islands will meet operators and service companies in the north-east next week.
Call for North Sea co-operation
The head of energy firm Centrica's oil and gas arm has urged North Sea companies to work more closely together to get the most out of the region.
Firms held back by skills gap
The Highland energy sector will have a skills gap amounting to nearly 900 people over the next five years, trade body Energy North said last night.
Support plea over ‘power storage’
The UK Government is failing to provide sufficient support for electricity storage technology, a trade body claimed yesterday.
Group taking temperature check of north energy sector
Engineering and energy industry supply-chain firms throughout the north are being urged by trade body Energy North to complete its latest skills survey.
Renewables sector ‘now worth £12.5bn’
The UK's fast-growing renewable-energy industry and its supply chain already supports 110,000 jobs and this could rise to 400,000 by 2020, according to a new report.
Trump told of renewable ‘success story’
Donald Trump has been encouraged to invest some of his fortune in Scotland's renewable energy industry.
View from the outside looking in
James McCallum, co-founder of Senergy, is hardly your typical North Sea heritage oilman. For a start, the Scottish company's CEO bases himself in the Middle East and not at HQ in Aberdeen.
Norway’s petroleum safety watchdog – standards just not good enough
February's ditching of a helicopter at the BP-operated ETAP fields complex has once again raised safety concerns in the UK North Sea, even though there were no casualties and injuries were relatively minor. It emphasises the vital need to keep on top of safety and to learn from the past where possible.