Tag: ScottishPower

ScottishPower vision for green hydrogen fuels hub at port of Felixstowe

Stuart Mitchell

ScottishPower, with Hutchison Ports, is exploring the opportunity to develop, build and operate a multi-hundred MW green hydrogen production facility at the Port of Felixstowe – with the potential to decarbonise industry and transportation in the region. Both companies have set out their vision to help create a greener port, which could provide clean fuel for customers at Britain’s busiest container port.   Plans are being developed to use green hydrogen for onshore purposes, such as road, rail and industrial use, with the potential to create liquid forms, such as…

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ScottishPower launches biggest ever recruitment drive with 1,000 new green jobs

Stuart Mitchell

ScottishPower is launching its biggest ever recruitment drive, with at least 1,000 new jobs to be filled in the next 12 months. The announcement follows a record number of green energy infrastructure projects secured by the company in the first half of 2022. The projects, all integral to delivering the UK’s ambitious Net Zero Targets, include: Securing contracts for a record 16 renewable energy projects – offshore, onshore and solar – across the UK in the Allocation Round 4 process. Totalling 2.1 GW, these projects will almost double the company’s…

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Revolutionary ‘fishing net’ recycling project to help reduce plastic and protect the planet

Stuart Mitchell

A revolutionary recycling scheme that’s supports the retrieval of nets from harbours and beaches is being launched by Keep Britain Tidy. This scheme will reduce waste and plastic pollution, preserve marine life and support local communities.  Funded by the ScottishPower Foundation, the ‘Ocean Recovery Project’ will be rolled out to harbours across Scotland and the North-East of England to protect marine biodiversity and habitats, which are key in tackling the climate crisis.   It will address the issue of lost – or ‘ghost’ – fishing nets, which make up around…

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Major British companies come together to accelerate the electrification of transport in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Seven major British companies, including the operators of some of the largest commercial vehicle fleets in the country – bp, BT, Direct Line Group, Royal Mail, ScottishPower, Severn Trent and Tesco – have come together to work to help accelerate the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across the UK. The UK’s ambitions for electrification of road transport are world-leading and, in a report published today, the seven companies – working together as the Electric Vehicle Fleet Accelerator (EVFA) – have outlined a series of urgent actions needed from both…

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ScottishPower sets sights on green hydrogen revolution

Stuart Mitchell

ScottishPower, the UK’s only integrated energy company, has launched a new business division dedicated to delivering green hydrogen, signalling the company’s commitment to the roll-out of the low carbon technology. Green hydrogen is produced through a process which uses energy from renewable sources to generate the electricity required to produce the hydrogen. This method of obtaining green hydrogen could save 830 million tonnes of CO2 emitted annually when this gas is produced using fossil fuels according to the International Energy Agency. The energy company has been at the forefront of…

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