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Multi-million pound floating wind farm proposed off Northern Ireland coast

Work is under way on a bid to open a multi-million pound offshore floating wind farm off the coast of Northern Ireland by 2029. Offshore energy specialist SBM Offshore is assessing the region’s coastal potential for a proposed 400MW North Channel ...

22 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Sturgeon defends wind contracts amid claims of ‘woeful human rights records’

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of allowing overseas firms “with woeful human rights records” to profit from Scotland’s offshore wind projects. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the ScotWind deal announced by the First Minister had “sold ...

20 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Minister warned not to allow private firms to squander ScotWind benefits

Scottish Energy Secretary Michael Matheson has insisted that the Government is “doing everything we can” to ensure offshore energy contracts benefit Scotland, after criticism that they were awarded to private, overseas firms. The ScotWind ...

18 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Floating offshore wind schemes to receive share of £31m Government funding

Floating offshore wind projects are to receive a share of £31 million Government funding to help drive deployment of the clean technology. Some 11 successful projects are receiving a share of the money which is matched by more than £30 ...

25 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Scotland

Green technologies could create thousands of UK jobs, research suggests

The production of hydrogen is one of a trio of green technologies which university researchers have forecast could help create tens of thousands of jobs across the country by the end of the decade. Robert Gordon University, in ...

11 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Almost £7 billion in profits ‘obscene’ as bills soar, BP told

The almost £7 billion in profit made by oil giant BP in the second quarter of this year have been described as “obscene”. On Tuesday the company announced underlying replacement cost profits – its preferred measure – jumped ...

02 Aug 2022 at 15:47

Investment plea after gas supplies from Norway outstrip those from the North Sea

The UK used more gas from Norway than it did from the North Sea in 2021, after gas production within the UK fell “significantly” last year. Ross Dornan of industry body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) said this marked the ...

14 Jun 2022 at 17:23

Scotland

Trade body Offshore Energies UK starts search for new head

An energy trade body has started the search for a new chief executive officer as the current boss prepares to step down. Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) – formerly Oil and Gas UK – announced that current chief, Deirdre ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:48

Offshore wind sector will employ almost 100,000 by 2030, report predicts

The number of people working in the UK offshore wind industry will surge to almost 100,000 by 2030, according to a new report. The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) study found that the sector currently ...

13 Jun 2022 at 15:51

Eco activists ‘could undermine energy security and hinder net-zero effort’

The UK’s leading offshore energy body has warned that environmental activists could undermine the country’s energy security and hinder its efforts to reach net zero. Protests, legal action and publicity ...

24 May 2022 at 11:35

Lewis and Javid oppose using windfall tax to battle cost-of-living crisis

Two Cabinet ministers have voiced their objections to imposing a windfall tax on oil and gas firms to address the cost-of-living crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under pressure to ...

22 May 2022 at 08:00

Boris Johnson: I cannot ‘magic away’ cost-of-living crisis

Boris Johnson said he cannot “magic away” all the soaring food and energy expenses as he comes under increasing pressure to alleviate the cost-of-living crisis. Instead the Prime Minister ...

20 May 2022 at 15:58

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