Oil and gas services and manufacturing firm FMC Technologies is expanding its Scottish operations creating 240 new jobs, Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing announced today.

On a visit to the company's base the Minister welcomed their plans to create 240 research and... Read More

One of the largest solar power stations in the country has officially opened in Dorest. Slepe Farm, near Poole can generate more than 500kWh per year enough to power 200 households.

The site is unusual as it was built using local... Read More

Equatorial Guinea has brought in Energy Allied International to develop the petrochemical sector in the country. The new partnership with the Houston based firm will also bring more jobs hopefully drive the country closer to become an emergent and sustainable... Read More

Sheffield Forgemasters' specialist offshore design and project management division, Vulcan SFM, has secured a £1.3m deal with a fast growing offshore engineering supplier. The contract, which will see the company deliver six drill riser joints to Norwich-based Aquaterra Energy Ltd,... Read More

Hurricane Irene may have battered much of the US but it appears most nuclear plants escaped damage. Although millions suffered power failures from downed cables and blown transmission networks only a few nuclear power stations were affected according to the... Read More

Solar generators may produce the majority of the world's power within 50 years according to an International Energy Agency analyst. Cedric Philibert of the IEA's renewable energy believes photovoltaics will overtake all other forms of energy to become our principle... Read More

Research on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico took a major step forward today with the award of £69m ($112m) of funding. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) said eight scientific consortia... Read More

Using the world's oceans for energy could be the start to solving many other problems. That's the view of the US based Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTEC), which has just launched a publicity campaign to highlight what can be done.

The... Read More

GDF SUEZ' s exploration arm has signed two contracts with engineering firm Petrofac to create one hundred new jobs in the North Sea. The deal worth £30m will mean Petrofac will service the needs of GDF's exploration work particularly in... Read More