The John Muir Trust and the Wild Land Research Institute at Leeds University have produced a new graphic animation showing the dramatic change in Scotland’s landscape over the past 20 years as a result of the expansion of the wind-power industry. Watch the new graphic film here: Read more
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has appointed a Scottish contractor to provide the suction anchors to the world’s first floating wind farm – its Hywind offshore floating wind farm off Peterhead. Statoil will install a 30 MW wind turbine farm on floating structures at Buchan Deep, 25 km offshore Peterhead, harnessing Read more
After Chancellor George Osborne completed his financial spending statement today in the Westminster parliament, the UK Government announced that that its £1 billion ring-fenced capital budget for the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Competition is no longer available. This immediately resulted in N. Sea oil giant Shell and its Perth-based Read more