Conferences aim to renew the focus on hitting net-zero target
As the clock to Scotland’s netzero target ticks inexorably forward, there are important markers in the countdown calendar: May 15 and 16 will see Glasgow host All-Energy 2024, the UK’s...
Net zero on the horizon
While other countries backpedal on their promises, Scotland remains steadfastly committed to reaching net zero by 2045, and the renewables industry is leading the way If Oscar-winning movie Oppenheimer reignited...
Harnessing the winds of change: a prerequisite for offshore success
The first ScotWind leasing awards were granted by Crown Estate Scotland in 2022 – 20 offshore wind projects, with a combined 27.6GW of capacity. It was a fantastic economic and...
Towering ambition
Off the curve of a sandy beach in Fairlie, the small seaside town on the North Ayrshire coast, plans for the world’s largest factory producing long-distance subsea cable are taking...
MBAs give grounds for optimism about energy transition
If this summer was to have a soundtrack it would be REM’s It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). Soaring record temperatures, floods...
I’m making it visual to people, this incredible industry on our doorstep
Sue Jane Taylor did not mean to become an ‘energy artist’ but her work has spanned the highs – and tragic lows – of a key Scottish industry that is...
A picture of the next Highlands industrial revolution
From her studio on a hill near Dornoch, Sue Jane Taylor can see the giant vessels of the oil industry sailing in and out of the Cromarty Firth. The Highlands-born...
Green freeport can drive the clean energy revolution
In the midst of the debate over climate change, fossil fuels and renewables, one factor has perhaps been overlooked: how Scotland’s new green freeports can act as a catalyst for...
Adopting new technologies key to unlocking wind industry potential
Scotland, the windiest country in Europe, last year generated 78 per cent of all renewable electricity output from wind energy. On and offshore wind represents a crucial part of the...
Big changes in the pipeline for the energy industry
The journey to net zero presents huge challenges – and opportunities – for the North Sea oil and gas sector as well as the whole of the North East of...