Renewable Energy

The Port of Aberdeen was transformed by the oil and gas industry. Now the potential to service floating offshore windfarms represents a substantial opportunity but only if the UK government makes the right choices

How UK energy plan could put thousands of North Sea jobs at risk Bob Sanguinetti

Exclusive Minister under pressure after failing to commit to new drilling

Every islander to be paid wind farm 'dividend' under bold new proposal

Record-breaking cable ducts completed at giant North Sea wind farm

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Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive GB Energy to continue investment in Scotland's floating wind projects

Exclusive Stalled wind projects risk leaving Scottish ports as 'stranded assets'

First Minister John Swinney could face more ScotWind developers relinquishing their contracts

Analysis SNP needs ScotWind reality check to restore investor confidence

Equinor, which owns and operates the pioneering Hywind scheme, is bidding to build new floating wind turbines off the Scottish coast as part of the Scottish Government's plans to increase the amount of wind energy generated offshore. Picture: Michal Wachucik

Exclusive £50bn floating wind industry in crisis talks as contracts cull awaited

The closure of the Grangemouth refinery was a devastating sign of the decline of the oil and gas industry (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

North Sea pays price as UK fails to rise to challenge of our times Scotsman comment

Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive 'Window closing' for Scotland to lead world on floating offshore wind

Torness Nuclear Power Station

Exclusive Labour Government will not override Holyrood to bring in new nuclear

Torness nuclear power station is due to close in 2030 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Tories vow to change law to override SNP on new nuclear power

Donald Trump's threat to ban US exports of diesel would have sent prices in the UK and elsewhere soaring even higher (Picture: Aaron Schwartz)

Record diesel price shows why North Sea oil and net zero are vital Scotsman comment

The AA4000 Demonstrates a smarter approach to energy storage across home, EV and garden

Ad Feature MOVA LumeGret shows the future of energy management at home

Ad Feature What is a solar battery system? A UK homeowner's guide

Cabling milestone at giant wind farm that can power half of Scotland

King Charles III unveils a plaque during a visit to the new Great British Energy headquarters in Aberdeen to meet with representatives working across North East Scotland supporting the United Kingdoms energy transition

King hails ‘genius’ engineering skills on visit to GB Energy HQ

EcoFlow launches new 8kWh battery to simplify high-capacity home energy installations

Ad Feature EcoFlow launches new 8kWh battery for home energy

Andrew Scott stars as Captain James Stagg in the film Pressure (Picture: Alex Bailey)

How SNP's wind energy obsession is brewing up a storm for consumers Brian Wilson

Ad Feature EcoFlow unveils compact battery for UK homes

Torness nuclear power station is due to close in 2030 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How SNP's anti-nuclear obsession is damaging efforts to reach net zero Scotsman comment

John Swinney has claimed the SNP could cut energy bills by one third with Scottish independence

Analysis Oil and gas isn't the only North Sea crisis as renewables needs help

There are several reasons why Scotland is so attractive to the companies behind data centres (Picture: Yui Mok)

Why Scotland is such a good place to build data centres Professor Ana Basiri

Key Scottish renewables developer on track to invest £1 billion-plus

Expertise in marine engineering built up in the North Sea oil and gas industry could help create a world-leading marine renewables industry (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

SNP call for UK oil funds to bankroll Scotland's renewables sector

Nationalist MSP Jack Middleton appears to need some coaching on the art of persuasion (Picture: Jane Barlow)

SNP MSP needs to learn how to make constructive suggestions Scotsman comment

Nicola Sturgeon debated Michael Gove at an event in Westminster about the energy industry’s future (Photo: Marcos Bevilacqua)

£50bn prize awaits Burnham if he makes right call over North Sea David Whitehouse

Fiona Lindsay

Wind industry starts turning tables on critics with blade recycling

Solar & Storage Live UK 2026

Ad Feature Hinen will appear at UK’s largest solar energy exhibition this year

A floating wind turbine from the Kincardine offshore windfarm off the coast of Scotland (Image: Flotation Energy)

Exclusive Warning Scottish floating wind plans could be 'delayed or cancelled'

Construction work taking place on the sister Moray West offshore wind project.

Exclusive Warning over reliance on China for crucial wind turbine magnets

Empty oil fields in the North Sea could be repurposed to store large amounts of hydrogen produced by renewable electricity (Picture: Petrofac)

Empty North Sea oil fields could become vast store of green hydrogen Stuart Jones, Andrew Crossland and Chris Groves

Nuclear power plants in France, such as this one in Contz-les-Bains, have helped create the second cheapest electricity in Europe (Picture: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)

Why it's time to bust myths about 'cheap' renewables, nuclear and gas Brian Wilson

Many in rural Scotland feel like they are getting a raw deal from local windfarm developments (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

Denying communities voice over windfarms may kill progress on net zero Alistair Carmichael

Brits increasingly favour a balanced energy mix, with nuclear emerging as the most popular electricity source to prioritise in the years ahead

Ad Feature Brits favour nuclear power over solar and wind energy, poll suggests

More than 200 community councils across Scotland are calling for a pause in renewables projects until a national energy plan is put in place (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

How to cut a staggering £320 billion from electricity bills Murdo Fraser

Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive Warning as SNP's flagship North Sea floating wind projects stall

Electricity bills do not reflect the relatively cheap cost of energy produced by windfarms like Whitelees, near Eaglesham (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

SNP 'keeping communities in the dark' over onshore wind future

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and First Minister John Swinney met in Glasgow

Swinney 'irresponsible' for urging Burnham to rethink Ming Yang block

Ming Yang announced plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Ardersier near Inverness (PA)

Exclusive Swinney pressures Burnham on blocked Ming Yang wind factory

David Lee, Technical Director in Renewable Energy at AECOM

Scotland’s reservoirs could hold the key to future energy security
David Lee says Scotland’s growing pipeline of pumped storage hydro projects presents a unique opportunity for the country to become the UK's energy battery

Burnt-out cars in Almocaizar, Spain, after the deadly Los Gallardos wildfire swept through the area last month (Picture: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez)

The energy transition is about making progress, not sacrifices Fredrika Klarén

The offshore renewables industry needs ports, vessels, warehouses, engineers, technicians and experienced people who know how to deliver complex marine engineering projects safely and at scale (Picture: Bryn Colton)

My firm is part of energy transition. Here's why Rosebank is crucial Mike Pettigrew

Andy Burnham visited BAE Systems in Barrow in Furness, northern England yesterday (Picture: Christopher Furlong/pool)

Burnham's stance on North Sea oil helps get new PM off to good start Scotsman comment

Two new Scottish wind farms that will power 78,000 homes given green light

Green light for Scottish offshore wind farm that could power two million homes

Solar panels can help rural households avoid the volatility of the international oil market (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

Solar panels and heat pumps are future for people who use heating oil Martin McCluskey

Scottish Renewables unveils change of chief executive

Torness is the last remaining nuclear power station in Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Nuclear power costs billions. Here are 7 better ways to use that money Martin Roche

A wind turbine under construction in Nigg on the Cromarty Firth earlier this year (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

How Reform's hostility to net zero puts North East's future at risk Mercedes Villalba

As kite surfers know, Scotland has some of the best offshore wind resources in the world (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

We can't blow chance to be world-leader in floating offshore wind David Hinshelwood

Keir Starmer's government has finally pledged funding for the Acorn project at the St Fergus gas terminal hear Peterhead (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Labour 'risking energy jobs and security' over cuts for defence plans

Green hydrogen pioneer has ‘big plans’ after move to Aberdeen Energy Park

Offshore energy assets should be classified as critical national infrastructure by the UK government, OEUK has argued

Exclusive OEUK call for North Sea energy assets to be 'critical infrastructure'

The GMB union want new gas boilers to be 'hydrogen ready'

Exclusive Hydrogen-ready boilers call as Westminster and Holyrood at odds

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