Scotland should keep its nuclear options open
Ahead of the Business of Energy 2026, Copper Consultancy's Jamie Bannerman call for open minds when considering the nuclear power stalemate in Scotland. Scotland is prepared to back hydrogen and...
An Inconvenient Reality: The Role of Oil and Gas in the UK’s Past, Present and Future Energy and Electricity Mix
Ahead of The Business of Energy 2026, Professor John Underhill, University Director for Energy Transition at the University of Aberdeen, examines the UK’s continued reliance on oil and gas, arguing...
INEOS furnace at Grangemouth gets £5m for upgrade
Scottish Enterprise has stepped in with a £5m award to aid the competitiveness of olefin and polymer chemical production at the INEOS O&P UK site at Grangemouth.The Scottish Enterprise Environmental...
Budget 2026: breathing space on bills, open questions on energy
Chancellor John Healey’s first budget puts energy bills and household costs squarely in the spotlight, with a package of support that will be felt immediately by consumers. For businesses, investors...
Energy Takeaways From UK Party Conference Season
While energy is always a key topic during the UK’s party conference season, it felt particularly prominent this year amidst mounting pressure to meet projected demand and the sting of...
Power points: Ten things to do to reach Clean Power 2030
In the beginning there was net zero, a target for 2050 enshrined in the Climate Change Act 2008. It committed the UK to an ambitious target of producing no pollution...
To solve northern power bottlenecks, future-proof the grid and UK’s energy storage
Britain is making meaningful progress in developing a lower-carbon electricity system, thanks in large part to northern low-carbon generation. The next challenge is building networks and sources of flexibility that...
Scotland’s hydropower revival
Pumped storage, major investment and a growing supply chain could put Scotland at the forefront of the next generation of hydropower Scotland has a long-standing relationship with hydropower. For generations,...
Hepworth takes on top job at Scottish Renewables
Angela Hepworth has been appointed chief executive officer of Scottish Renewables, taking over from Claire Mack, who is moving to SSEN Transmission. Hepworth will step into the role next week...
END OF AN ERA: Sir Bill Gammell’s oil company taken over in £271m deal
Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy — formerly Sir Bill Gammell’s Cairn Energy — has accepted a £271m cash takeover offer from London-based Genel Energy.The sale will mean the...