Tag: Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen City Council tackles homelessness with new initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Aberdeen City Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to adopt a new technology-led approach to tackling homelessness. The council has partnered with an online fundraising platform and social enterprise which helps homeless people and council tenants at risk of homelessness to find jobs.  The social enterprise organisation, which is called Beam, was first launched in London in 2017 and has since gone on to support more than 850 homeless people across the UK into stable jobs and homes.  Through Beam’s platform, residents can fundraise for the cost…

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Aberdeen City Council and bp sign joint venture agreement to develop city hydrogen hub

Stuart Mitchell

Aberdeen City Council and bp have signed an agreement to form a joint venture partnership that will deliver a scalable green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility in the city powered by renewable energy. The Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub is to be developed in three phases in response to growing demands for hydrogen. Phase one, which involves delivery of a green hydrogen production and transport refuelling facility powered by a solar farm, is targeting first production from 2024, delivering over 800 kilograms of green hydrogen per day – enough to fuel…

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