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Scots energy project sold

EDF buys giant Neart na Gaoithe wind farm off Forth Estuary

Andy Kinsella
EDF Group has bought the giant Neart na Gaoithe wind farm project off the Forth Estuary

Expectations falling short

Water suppliers ‘failing to persuade firms to switch’

Water suppliers are failing to provide customers with enough incentives to

Firms finding work overseas

Growing global demand for Scottish oil and gas skills

Maersk oil field
Scottish companies in the oil and gas supply chain have helped compensate for the downturn in the North Sea by winning more business overseas.

CMA puts brakes on tie-up

SSE and Npower merger ‘could lead to higher prices’

Electricity bill
Competition watchdogs have put the brakes on plans by SSE and Npower to merge their operations into a new energy company

Boost for north east

Brent crude oil price hits $75 amid recovery hopes

Maersk oil field
Oil is trading above $75 a barrel for the first time since March 2015

Details emerge of power plan

State-owned energy firm ‘operational by 2021’

A new state-owned company supplying household power to Scottish households could be operational by March 2021.

SSE-nPower deal on target

Bickerstaffe to take helm of new energy company

Katie Bickerstaffe
Katie Bickerstaffe will become the first female chief executive of a major energy company..

Law firm joins TechX scheme

Pinsent Masons mentors oil and gas pioneers

Pinsent pair
Pinsent Masons has joined an accelerator programme designed to help smaller technology firms

Despite growth, questions asked

Wind power hits record for UK energy output

Wind generated the highest ever annual amount of power..

100 jobs added

Spark plans £1.5m boost to customer technology

Chris Gauld
Spark, the domestic energy supplier, has announced a £1.5m investment in digital technology.