Energy
Centrica to build largest-ever battery storage plant in Perthshire
Published 10 months ago
Centrica Business Solutions has secured the development rights to a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant in Perthshire, Scotland, its largest battery storage acquisition to date.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Asif Hanif: Renewables – businesses need to hit the talent trail
Published 10 months ago
There is no doubt that the UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world – and there’s been significant investment to capitalise on that energy advantage. At present it has over 11,000 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 28 gigawatts (GW) and aspires to secure 50 GW to meet its global net-zero targets by 2050, Asif Hanif.As the UK consolidates its status as a leader in the field of renewable energy, this year alone the Scottish Government will be considering proposals for hundreds of super-wind turbines across Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Argyll and Bute, Aberdeenshire and the Highlands & Islands.
Read on www.scottishlegal.com →
Prism Energy announces Mandos Software acquisition
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeen-based Prism Energy, a project and risk management consultancy serving the energy sector, has confirmed its acquisition of Mandos Software.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Japan’s Mitsui to acquire Scottish pipeline solutions company STATS
Published 10 months ago
Japan’s Mitsui & Co. has penned a deal to acquire Aberdeenshire-based pipeline integrity solutions provider STATS for an undisclosed sum.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Wood Group bags £197m contract extension with Brunei’s Shell Petroleum
Published 10 months ago
Scottish engineering and consulting firm Wood Group has secured a two-year contract extension, worth approximately £197 million ($250 million), with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), the largest energy producer in Brunei.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Barclays backs Moray West wind farm with £95.5m loan
Published 10 months ago
Moray West, a significant offshore wind farm development, has secured a £95.5 million loan from Barclays to support the next phase of the project’s construction as part of a wider syndicated £2 billion loan injection which closed in April 2023.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Final wind turbine installed at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm
Published 10 months ago
Another landmark has been achieved at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Renewable energy boost for Highlands as Haventus joins Green Freeport
Published 10 months ago
Haventus, the owner of Ardersier Port, has joined the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) consortium, which comprises members such as the Port of Cromarty Firth, Port of Inverness, Global Energy Group, The Highland Council, the University of the Highlands and Islands, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and the Inverness Chamber of Commerce.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
CMS duo launch new book on ‘radical’ North Sea MER strategy
Published 10 months ago
Two oil and gas sector specialists from law firm CMS have launched a new book outlining the ‘radical’ approach of the UK’s MER (maximising economic recovery) regime governing North Sea drilling operations.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Virgin Money invests £14m in Ripple Energy’s co-operative wind farm
Published 10 months ago
Virgin Money has made a £14 million agreement with Ripple Energy to facilitate the development of an innovative 18.8MW wind farm in Ayrshire.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Edge Solutions welcomes Stuart MacLean and Richard Scullion ahead of £2m funding round
Published 10 months ago
Scots wind energy specialists Edge Solutions have boosted their team with the appointment of Stuart MacLean and Richard Scullion in advance of a £2 million funding round.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
AquaTerra Group poised to double turnover to £14m
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeenshire-headquartered services provider to the energy sector, AquaTerra Group, has revealed two developments that are expected to double its annual turnover to £14 million.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Gordon McIntosh joins QED Naval as chairman
Published 10 months ago
Gordon McIntosh has assumed the chairmanship of Scottish tidal energy firm QED Naval.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
RSK acquires global energy and carbon capture specialists Axis
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeen-headquartered energy consultancy Axis, which provides exploration and production, decommissioning and carbon capture and storage (CCS) services to the global energy industry, has been acquired by sustainable solutions provider RSK.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Dundee gigafactory at risk as AMTE Power faces financial uncertainty
Published 11 months ago
AMTE Power, Scottish developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells, has said it is urgently seeking to raise new funds as it contends with a dwindling cash position.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Centrica to build largest-ever battery storage plant in Perthshire
Published 10 months ago
Centrica Business Solutions has secured the development rights to a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant in Perthshire, Scotland, its largest battery storage acquisition to date.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Asif Hanif: Renewables – businesses need to hit the talent trail
Published 10 months ago
There is no doubt that the UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world – and there’s been significant investment to capitalise on that energy advantage. At present it has over 11,000 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 28 gigawatts (GW) and aspires to secure 50 GW to meet its global net-zero targets by 2050, Asif Hanif.As the UK consolidates its status as a leader in the field of renewable energy, this year alone the Scottish Government will be considering proposals for hundreds of super-wind turbines across Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, Argyll and Bute, Aberdeenshire and the Highlands & Islands.
Read on www.scottishlegal.com →
Prism Energy announces Mandos Software acquisition
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeen-based Prism Energy, a project and risk management consultancy serving the energy sector, has confirmed its acquisition of Mandos Software.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Japan’s Mitsui to acquire Scottish pipeline solutions company STATS
Published 10 months ago
Japan’s Mitsui & Co. has penned a deal to acquire Aberdeenshire-based pipeline integrity solutions provider STATS for an undisclosed sum.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Wood Group bags £197m contract extension with Brunei’s Shell Petroleum
Published 10 months ago
Scottish engineering and consulting firm Wood Group has secured a two-year contract extension, worth approximately £197 million ($250 million), with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), the largest energy producer in Brunei.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Barclays backs Moray West wind farm with £95.5m loan
Published 10 months ago
Moray West, a significant offshore wind farm development, has secured a £95.5 million loan from Barclays to support the next phase of the project’s construction as part of a wider syndicated £2 billion loan injection which closed in April 2023.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Final wind turbine installed at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm
Published 10 months ago
Another landmark has been achieved at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Renewable energy boost for Highlands as Haventus joins Green Freeport
Published 10 months ago
Haventus, the owner of Ardersier Port, has joined the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF) consortium, which comprises members such as the Port of Cromarty Firth, Port of Inverness, Global Energy Group, The Highland Council, the University of the Highlands and Islands, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and the Inverness Chamber of Commerce.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
CMS duo launch new book on ‘radical’ North Sea MER strategy
Published 10 months ago
Two oil and gas sector specialists from law firm CMS have launched a new book outlining the ‘radical’ approach of the UK’s MER (maximising economic recovery) regime governing North Sea drilling operations.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Virgin Money invests £14m in Ripple Energy’s co-operative wind farm
Published 10 months ago
Virgin Money has made a £14 million agreement with Ripple Energy to facilitate the development of an innovative 18.8MW wind farm in Ayrshire.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Edge Solutions welcomes Stuart MacLean and Richard Scullion ahead of £2m funding round
Published 10 months ago
Scots wind energy specialists Edge Solutions have boosted their team with the appointment of Stuart MacLean and Richard Scullion in advance of a £2 million funding round.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
AquaTerra Group poised to double turnover to £14m
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeenshire-headquartered services provider to the energy sector, AquaTerra Group, has revealed two developments that are expected to double its annual turnover to £14 million.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
Gordon McIntosh joins QED Naval as chairman
Published 10 months ago
Gordon McIntosh has assumed the chairmanship of Scottish tidal energy firm QED Naval.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →
RSK acquires global energy and carbon capture specialists Axis
Published 10 months ago
Aberdeen-headquartered energy consultancy Axis, which provides exploration and production, decommissioning and carbon capture and storage (CCS) services to the global energy industry, has been acquired by sustainable solutions provider RSK.
Read on www.scottishconstructionnow.com →
Dundee gigafactory at risk as AMTE Power faces financial uncertainty
Published 11 months ago
AMTE Power, Scottish developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells, has said it is urgently seeking to raise new funds as it contends with a dwindling cash position.
Read on www.scottishfinancialnews.com →