Scotland’s largest Energy Transition Skills Hub, boasting a state-of-the-art welding academy, advanced manufacturing zone and future technology digital training suites, was officially opened in Aberdeen last month by First Minister John Swinney MSP. The brand new £10 million facility, on the site of a dilapidated former dairy, is the transformational anchor project of the Skills Campus in the city’s Energy Transition Zone and will support 1,000 people into jobs with a focus on energy transition in the first five years of its operation. Last month’s event marks the official handover…
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Acer EMEA focuses on green logistics: 2,470 tonnes of CO₂ reduction by 2025 thanks to electric trucks, biofuel and continuous emissions monitoring
Acer is set to achieve an ambitious goal in reducing CO₂ emissions in its supply chain, going from -274 tonnes in 2023 to a target of -2,470 tonnes by the end of 2025. This result will be achieved through a mix of innovative solutions: electric transport, certified biofuels and continuous monitoring of emissions with dedicated internal tools. From September 2025, the first shipments by electric trucks will begin in the Netherlands, significantly reducing local emissions and contributing to improved air quality in urban areas. Projects are also underway with Kuehne+Nagel…
XCF Global and Posh Energy Sign Letter of Intent to Deploy Flex-Fuel Gensets,
XCF Global, Inc., a key player in decarbonizing the aviation industry through Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”), announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Posh Robotics (“Posh” dba Posh Energy), an advanced clean energy company founded by Stanford alumni and backed by Y-Combinator, through its subsidiary New Rise Renewables Reno, LLC (“New Rise Reno”) to explore deploying Posh Energy’s Flex-Fuel Gensets at the New Rise Reno renewable fuels facility. Posh’s Flex-Fuel Gensets are expected to be installed at New Rise Reno to convert byproducts from SAF and…
WCS Launches Global Strategy to Secure the Future of Coral Reefs in a Changing Climate
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today launched its 2025–2030 Coral Reef Conservation Strategy, a landmark plan to conserve the world’s most climate-resilient coral reefs. Rooted in more than 40 years of WCS experience and new cutting-edge science, the strategy places high integrity climate-resilient coral reefs (HICOR) at the heart of global conservation action. Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots and lifelines for coastal communities, covering less than 1% of the ocean but sustaining more than 25% of marine species and supporting nearly 1 billion people. Yet, they are among the ecosystems…
OXCCU Raises $28m in Series B Funding to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Waste Carbon
OXCCU, the Oxford University spin-out developing a one-step process to convert waste carbon into SAF, has raised £20.75 million ($28 million) in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The round includes new investors Orlen VC, Safran Corporate Ventures, International Airlines Group (IAG), Hostplus, and TCVC, alongside continued support from existing backers Clean Energy Ventures, IP Group/Kiko Ventures, Aramco Ventures, Eni Next, Braavos Capital, and the University of Oxford. This new capital will enable OXCCU to accelerate its commercialisation efforts, expand its operations, and advance its next phase of technology scale-up.…