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UHI agreement with offshore wind developers will create new opportunities for students

UHI agreement with offshore wind developers will create new opportunities for students

UHI agreement with offshore wind developers will create new opportunities for students

13 July 2021

Renewables companies planning to unlock Scotland’s offshore wind potential have signed an agreement with the UHI to help secure the skills they need


Orkney's EMEC marine energy centre prepares for summer acoustic monitoring programme

Orkney's EMEC marine energy centre prepares for summer acoustic monitoring programme

Orkney's EMEC marine energy centre prepares for summer acoustic monitoring programme

12 July 2021

EMEC is to carry out a series of tests to assess the potential impact of marine renewable developments on local species


Virtual SPE Offshore Europe conference will put energy transition at the centre of its agenda

Virtual SPE Offshore Europe conference will put energy transition at the centre of its agenda

Virtual SPE Offshore Europe conference will put energy transition at the centre of its agenda

08 July 2021

Energy transition topics will take centre stage at the SPE Offshore Europe 2021 virtual conference taking place from September 7-10 2021


Offshore wind developer Ørsted leads new partnership to bid for ScotWind opportunities

Offshore wind developer Ørsted leads new partnership to bid for ScotWind opportunities

Offshore wind developer Ørsted leads new partnership to bid for ScotWind opportunities

08 July 2021

World leading offshore wind developer Ørsted leads a new partnership to bid in the upcoming ScotWind leasing round.


PICTURES: Turbine blade is a sign of the times

PICTURES: Turbine blade is a sign of the times

PICTURES: Turbine blade is a sign of the times

05 July 2021

Scores of people have signed a wind turbine blade to secure a fair transition for offshore workers moving to the renewable energy sector.


SSEN and Balfour Beatty complete £64m Beauly to Keith powerline upgrade

SSEN and Balfour Beatty complete £64m Beauly to Keith powerline upgrade

SSEN and Balfour Beatty complete £64m Beauly to Keith powerline upgrade

01 July 2021

A multi-millioN pound project to bring electricity infrastructure up to modern standards has now been completed


MPs set an insight into marine energy potential with a visit to Orkney' EMEC centre

MPs set an insight into marine energy potential with a visit to Orkney' EMEC centre

MPs set an insight into marine energy potential with a visit to Orkney' EMEC centre

01 July 2021

MPs had a first hand insight into Scotland's leading role in marine energy research when they visited Orkney


Opportunity Cromarty Firth appoints manager to lead world leading Highland green energy centre

Opportunity Cromarty Firth appoints manager to lead world leading Highland green energy centre

Opportunity Cromarty Firth appoints manager to lead world leading Highland green energy centre

29 June 2021

Opportunity Cromarty Firth has appointed a manager to lead the development of a global centre of energy excellence in the Highlands


Our Man in Holyrood: Contrary to popular belief most MSPs do work across party lines

Our Man in Holyrood: Contrary to popular belief most MSPs do work across party lines

Our Man in Holyrood: Contrary to popular belief most MSPs do work across party lines

26 June 2021

MSP Fergus Ewing says these cross-party relationships are essential to the overall functioning of democracy


Inverness green energy pioneer AWS Ocean Energy to begin testing its wave power generator ahead of Orkney sea-trials

Inverness green energy pioneer AWS Ocean Energy to begin testing its wave power generator ahead of Orkney sea-trials

Inverness green energy pioneer AWS Ocean Energy to begin testing its wave power generator ahead of Orkney sea-trials

23 June 2021

Inverness marine energy pioneer AWS Ocean Energy is set to begin testing of its Archimedes Waveswing wave energy converter


£8m Virgin Money loan will allow takeover and upgrade of Invergarry hydro-schemes

£8m Virgin Money loan will allow takeover and upgrade of Invergarry hydro-schemes

£8m Virgin Money loan will allow takeover and upgrade of Invergarry hydro-schemes

22 June 2021

Two hydro-electric power schemes in the Invergarry area are to be upgraded after support from Virgin Money allowed a takeover deal to go ahead


Inverness Airport working to ensure future wind farm projects will not compromise air safety

Inverness Airport working to ensure future wind farm projects will not compromise air safety

Inverness Airport working to ensure future wind farm projects will not compromise air safety

17 June 2021

A new project to ensure that new wind farms will not interfere with air safety is being launched by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL)


SPE Offshore Europe energy conference to take a hybrid approach with an online event in September and a return to Aberdeen in 2022

SPE Offshore Europe energy conference to take a hybrid approach with an online event in September and a return to Aberdeen in 2022

SPE Offshore Europe energy conference to take a hybrid approach with an online event in September and a return to Aberdeen in 2022

16 June 2021

Uncertainty over Covid restrictions have led organisers of Europe's biggest oil and gas event to postpone its live conference until February 2022


Mocean wave power prototype begins tests at EMEC's Orkney base

Mocean wave power prototype begins tests at EMEC's Orkney base

Mocean wave power prototype begins tests at EMEC's Orkney base

14 June 2021

The prospect of generating clean energy from waves moved a step closer as Mocean Energy testis wave energy prototype in Orkney


All-Energy, the UK's biggest renewable energy conference, will not return to Glasgow in 2021while Covid-19 concerns continue

All-Energy, the UK's biggest renewable energy conference, will not return to Glasgow in 2021while Covid-19 concerns continue

All-Energy, the UK's biggest renewable energy conference, will not return to Glasgow in 2021while Covid-19 concerns continue

14 June 2021

The UK’s largest annual renewable energy exhibition and conference, All-Energy, has been cancelled for 2021 as result of the on-going Covid crisis


Highlanders offered free energy advice service

Highlanders offered free energy advice service

Highlanders offered free energy advice service

09 June 2021

Advice Direct Scotland has taken on the Scottish Government-supported delivery of energy advice.


A huge £550 million Loch Ness hydro scheme is approved by the Scottish Government

A huge £550 million Loch Ness hydro scheme is approved by the Scottish Government

A huge £550 million Loch Ness hydro scheme is approved by the Scottish Government

08 June 2021

The Red John project is expected to create as many as 700 jobs


£10bn offshore decarbonisation development will cut emissions and safeguard thousands of jobs – if government acts quickly to give it support

£10bn offshore decarbonisation development will cut emissions and safeguard thousands of jobs – if government acts quickly to give it support

£10bn offshore decarbonisation development will cut emissions and safeguard thousands of jobs – if government acts quickly to give it support

01 June 2021

A £10 billion project to use green energy to power the UK's oil and gas installations has called for urgent government support to ensure it goes ahead


Young stars of Scotland's green energy sector celebrated at online awards ceremony

Young stars of Scotland's green energy sector celebrated at online awards ceremony

Young stars of Scotland's green energy sector celebrated at online awards ceremony

28 May 2021

A new generation of green energy talent has been celebrated at the virtual Young Professionals Green Energy Awards


Pioneering Orkney marine energy project welcomes royalty as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pay a visit

Pioneering Orkney marine energy project welcomes royalty as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pay a visit

Pioneering Orkney marine energy project welcomes royalty as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge pay a visit

26 May 2021

�The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were given a close up view of the future of renewable energy when they visited Orkney


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