Oil and gas sector worth £17.2bn to Scottish economy
Posted on 8 May 2013 by Tim Brown
Sales of equipment and services to the global oil and gas industry from Scotland have increased by 5.8% to reach £17.2bn for 2011-2012.
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World’s largest wind turbine coming to Scotland
Posted on 2 May 2013 by The Manufacturer
The world’s biggest wind turbine is to be built in the Scottish east coast town of Methil, once the epicentre of the country’s coal industry.
Schneider Electric awarded top energy ranking
Posted on 25 Apr 2013 by The Manufacturer
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has been recognised as one of the top three most "Competitively Positioned PV Inverter Companies" by new research.
Bombardier plans Belfast renewable energy plant
Posted on 24 Apr 2013 by The Manufacturer
Aircraft manufacturer Bombardier has put forward a planning application to build a renewable energy plant next to its Belfast premises.
Michael Fallon MP takes up second job at DECC
Posted on 28 Mar 2013 by
Michael Fallon MP has today been promoted by the Prime Minister to be minister of state for energy at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Northern Ireland – almost highest power costs in Europe
Posted on 27 Mar 2013 by
A report from the Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland has found that larger electricity users such as manufacturers are paying nearly the highest prices in Europe for their energy.
Govt green light for Hinkley Point nuclear plant expected today
Posted on 19 Mar 2013 by
The government is today expected to approve permission for French energy company EDF to start work on Hinkley C, the UK’s first new nuclear power plant to be built in Britain by the private sector.
Energy industry struggles to gain customers’ trust
Posted on 4 Mar 2013 by
The UK’s energy industry is suffering from low levels of trust according to the 2013 annual Edelman Trust Barometer.
World’s largest alkaline fuel cell system tested in Essex
Posted on 25 Feb 2013 by
UK-based commodity chemicals producer Industrial Chemicals Limited is piloting a system for the world’s largest alkaline fuel cell energy generation system at its plant in Essex.
Nuclear is antithesis of an industrial strategy but Catapult soldiers on
Posted on 6 Feb 2013 by
Centrica’s decision to pull out of the EDF consortium to build nuclear plants at Hinkley Point in Somerset, and Sizewell, Suffolk has had no material effect on the pipeline of work for the British nuclear supply chain, experts say, but it knocks confidence in the UK's overall industrial strategy.