Future Woodlands Scotland and bp sign contract for £10m Urban Forestry Programme

Future Woodlands Scotland (FWS) has announced a partnership with bp to help deliver greener cities, towns, and urban areas through an innovative forestry programme. The charity, which is dedicated to creating and conserving woodlands across Scotland, has signed a contract with bp, whereby the energy major has committed a total of £10million to the newly created urban forestry programme as part of the development of its Scottish offshore windfarm, Morven, jointly developed with EnBW. A key ambition of the programme is to use new and emerging technologies to target the…

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bp announces partnership with The Prince’s Trust to provide retail employment for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds

bp has entered into a partnership with The Prince’s Trust that will help up to 50 disadvantaged young people get into paid work across four programmes in the next year. A comprehensive ‘Get into Retail’ programme, designed by bp and The Prince’s Trust, will give participants valuable work experience, complemented by employability training. Sonya Adams, VP mobility and convenience retail for bp in the UK commented:  “We believe in the transformative power of opportunity. Partnering with The Prince’s Trust to launch ‘Get into Retail’ reflects our commitment to empowering disadvantaged…

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bp and BWT Alpine F1 Team race to develop lower carbon fuel

Shaving milliseconds off an F1 driver’s race time can depend on what happens off the track as well as on it.  In our research centres around the world, fuel developers supporting the bp partnership with BWT Alpine F1® Team are working to identify a winning formula that will enable Alpine to comply with sustainable fuels requirements coming into effect for all teams in 2026. Their work will not only impact the team, but what they learn along the way may also have the potential to support the development of fuels and…

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bp announces deal with investment company Harmony Energy Income Trust for physical power trading and optimization

bp has signed an agreement with battery storage investment company Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) to provide physical power trading and optimization services to two projects aimed at providing an extra 80MW / 160MWh of flexibility to the GB power grid, which are planned to come online in the first half of 2024. The agreement will see bp work on two HEIT projects: Hawthorn Pit (49.9MW / 99.8MWh) and Wormald Green (33MW / 66MWh). The projects will enable power from the grid during low demand periods to be stored and…

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bp supplies sustainable aviation fuel for historic transatlantic flight

It’s been more than a century since the first flight across the Atlantic, but this autumn will see a new historic first: the world’s first 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight across the ocean.  The SAF used in the Virgin Airways flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK will be supplied in part by bp. It’s a milestone in the use of SAF, which has fewer lifecycle carbon emissions than the traditional fuel it replaces. bp biofuels head Nigel Dunn recently spoke with Reuters about biofuels, explaining how they…

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