ScottishPower Foundation has awarded 20 charities across the UK with vital funding for projects that will aid vulnerable people, communities & natural ecosystems 🌟
Read more:
📢1,000 GREEN jobs 👷🏾♀️👷🏼♂️👩💻👨🏿💼
@AlokSharma_RDG
🗣️I welcome the announcement from ScottishPower that it is launching its biggest ever recruitment drive in green jobs, with at least 1000 jobs to be filled in the next 12 months
👉
#ClimateAction
#ComeJoinUs
Our
@ScottishPowerPB
, who have played for the
#Queen
at Braemar and also at the 75th Royal Variety Performance, are honoured to have been asked to perform during tonight's
@BBCOne
Platinum Beacons lighting up the Jubilee. Tune in at 8pm. 🎶🙌
#QueensJubilee
Very soon we will be producing 100%
#green
electricity and we strongly believe the UK’s transport system has to be next. That’s why we’re helping to accelerate the switch to EVs by launching our 100%
#green
Smart EV package
#SmartEV
#electricvehicles
We had some beautiful 4 legged friends exploring the trails
@Visit_Whitelee
this weekend. 🐴
Whitelee is the UK's largest onshore windfarm, located on Eaglesham Moor near
#Glasgow
. With more than 130km of trails to enjoy, on foot, by cycle or indeed by horse! 💚⚡️
Today we bade farewell to a Scottish landmark. But we should do it in the knowledge and true belief that this is a landmark day for Scotland
@SPRKeith
It demonstrates Scotland's leadership in the transition away from fossil fuels
@NicolaSturgeon
@scotgov
#ClimateAction
#COP26
We believe the best way to get the economy moving again is to accelerate investment in a
#GreenRecovery
.
We need to create jobs and spur investment in industries that tackle the other great crisis of our time:
#ClimateChange
.
#betterfuturequicker
📽️👇
The Ocean Recovery Project 🐟🌊💚
With support from the
#SPFoundation
,
@KeepBritainTidy
creates a 'fishing net' recycling project to help reduce plastic & protect the 🌏
Check it out 👀
We feel the need...the need for SPEED 💚⚡️
What needs to be done to make
#NetZero
a reality - read our report on the critical issues that require action NOW if we're to stay on the green track for the future 👉
#NetZeroWeek
Today is
#DayoftheSeafarer
. We’re celebrating our marine & site operations team and those who take to the seas to make the journey to Net Zero a reality for our offshore windfarms. Thanks for all you do. 💨 🌊⛴⭐️👏
#SeafarerJourney
We're going
#OneStepGreener
as we recruit at least 1000 people over the next 12 months - to design, build and operate our biggest ever investment pipeline of GREEN energy assets 💚🙌🏼
#career
#betterfuturequicker
👷🏿👷🏼♀️👩🏾💼👨🏾🔬 👉🏼
Today we are celebrating
#GlobalWindDay
🌍🌬️💚
A day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth.
Ever wondered how a
#wind
turbine turns? 👀📽️
#InWithWind
Yesterday
@SPEnergyNetwork
launched its biggest ever recruitment drive for 152 green jobs.
We caught up with some of the apprentices to find out what they like about their roles💚⚡️
To find out more visit👉
#betterfuturequicker
#COP26andMe
🗑️Rubbish News 📢
@SPRenewables
have provided 2⃣ floating seabins which will skim water for plastics and rubbish to cut waste pollution in the sea and harbour at
#Lowestoft
🌊💚
Click the link to find out more 👇
#onestepgreener
We're
#onestepgreener
after being given the green light to progress 3
#Scotwind
projects.
🌊 2 floating offshore windfarms with
@Shell_UKLtd
🌬️ 1 fixed windfarm off the west coast of Islay
With the potential to generate enough green energy to power ⬆️8M homes.
@COP26
#COP26
has concluded in Glasgow and we've had a great time meeting with different people from around the 🌍and discussing our commitment to taking action on
#climatechange
.
Join us on a faster journey to a GREENER future 💚
#TogetherForOurPlanet
Excited to get green light to progress three
#ScotWind
projects, including two floating offshore windfarms with
@Shell_UKLtd
and one solo fixed windfarm. Potential to create enough green energy to power more than 8M homes.
#betterfuturequicker
🌊🍃🌍
👉
News Just In 📢
Pupils from St Sophia's Primary School celebrated the end of the school year in style, as they raised the Green Flag Award
@Visit_Whitelee
- the largest onshore
#WindFarm
in the UK & the first in the 🌏to receive the award 👏
Read more:
💚
@SPRenewables
are always thinking of new ways to help the UK reach
#NetZero
- they're even trying out using waste vegetable oil to help power crew transfer vessels working on its flagship East Anglia ONE
#offshore
windfarm 👏⛴️
#NetZeroWeek
Are you looking to develop your talent within the
#offshorewind
energy sector & join an organisation committed to
#NetZero
?
If so, we are looking for you 👏
Discover our offshore wind jobs around the world 👇
💚
We have become the first integrated energy company in the UK to shift completely from fossil fuel generation to wind power, after completing the sale of our traditional generation business to Drax
#BetterFutureQuicker
#UtilityOfTheFuture
#GreenGB
#Scotland
🏴 is perfectly placed to become an exporter of green hydrogen to a ready-made market in
#Germany
🇩🇪, a study led by industry and supported by the public sector has found. 💚
#betterfuturequicker
👉
We're
#OneStepGreener
thanks to
@SPRenewables
who provided 2 floating Seabins which skim water for plastics & rubbish 💚🌊
Each bin can catch 90,000 plastic bags, 35,700 disposable cups, 166,500 plastic utensils and 16,500 plastic bottles per year 🚮
👉
We're delighted to announce that we are now Principal Partner for both
@swpl
@scotwfootball
⚽️
We'll be sponsoring the Scottish Youth Challenge Cups and the Scottish Women's Highlands and Islands League too.
#SWPL
#SWPL16
It’s about half way through the show and our amazing volunteers are busy taking your donation calls for
@SU2C
Send us a positive comment to boost our energy levels!
Our new report with
@wwf_uk
reveals that a combination of green technologies could cut energy bills, reduce carbon emissions & increase property values 💚💰
Heat pumps, batteries, solar panels & electric vehicle chargers can all help ⚡️
👉
Our logo might look a little different this weekend! We're embracing the rainbow to show our commitment to diversity. Staff and supporters will also be attending
#PrideGlasgow2018
- are you joining us?
#pride
#pridematters
#fairweekend
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Only 4⃣ days until
@COP26
!
We're speeding up the UK's journey to
#NetZero
.
Investing £10bn up to 2025 - £6m every working day – doubling our renewable generation capacity and modernising our electricity network to support green transport and heating. 💚⚡️
#ClimateAction
From everyone at ScottishPower we would like to join the final thank you to the army of dedicated people across the UK who have been & who will continue to help keep us all safe, our essential services running and supplies flowing.
👏👏👏
#clapforourkeyworkers
#ClapForTheNHS
The small village of Airth in Scotland has been at the centre of a series of mysterious interruptions to its power supply, with engineers
@SPEnergyNetwork
at a loss to explain the reason why🤷♂️….until now.📽👇
📖:
#MoveOverStarling
#birdsonawire
#networks
We need to act now! Research shows UK needs to install 4,000 EV chargers & domestic heat pumps every day until 2050!
We’re asking for a change in mind-set from the government & the regulator so we can invest now to make it happen.
#ZeroCarbonCommunities
#BetterFutureQuicker
👀As a part of
#NetZeroWeek
we invite 🫵 to learn about the UK's first Clean Air Substation and how
@SPEnergyNetwork
leads the way towards a greener, cleaner future with their exciting development 💚
#NetZero
We only produce 100% green electricity. By delivering the energy infrastructure required, we’re doing our bit to help decarbonise the UK economy and we’re investing £7m every working day to deliver a
#betterfuturequicker
.
To deliver a
#betterfuturequicker
for everyone
@SPEnergyNetwork
are:
✅investing over £60m to drive a Green Recovery in Scotland, England & Wales.
✅creating more than 650MW of new capacity
✅enough to power 500 rapid or ultra-rapid EV chargers
✅and 4000 electric heat pumps
We have been on the lookout for green champions across the UK, who are making strides to help tackle the climate crisis – and we are proud to announce our COP26 Green Power List. Check out their stories here:
#COP26
#climateaction
Ever wondered how a wind turbine works? 🌬️⚡️💚🌍
Find out at
#Powerwise
our lesson ideas are interactive, engaging and linked to the English, Welsh and Scottish national curricula.
#homelearning
#STEM
#WednesdayWisdom
Find out here 👇
Today we launched our biggest ever recruitment drive, with at least 1,000 new jobs to be filled in the next 12 months. 💚
This announcement follows the record number of green energy infrastructure projects we've secured in the first half of 2022.
👉
While some companies are reducing investment in the UK we're committed to backing Britain. We will be investing up to £2bn in the UK in 2019 to help enable a cleaner electric future. Find out more here:
#betterfuturequicker
💚WE'RE RECRUITING - 1,000 NEW GREEN JOBS
With a huge pipeline of projects to deliver, we're looking for people who want to make a real difference.
From accountants & project managers to ecologists & engineers.
What if there's a job for you?
👉
Tourists and locals in Glasgow were treated to an awe-inspiring animation projected onto our HQ building to launch our partnership with
@WWF
. It comes as we join forces with
@WWF
to call for ambitious climate action! 🌍 🐼
#WWF
#betterfuturequicker
#TogetherForOurPlanet
A YouGov poll predicts 1 in 5 adults are thinking about buying an EV in the next 3 years. Today we’re helping to drive this change to an all-electric future by launching our 100%
#green
Smart EV package.
#SmartEV
#ElectricCar
#BetterFutureQuicker
Ahead of
#COP26
coming to Glasgow, we’ve launched the 'Connect with Climate Change' virtual event series with
@UniStrathclyde
and
@UofGlasgow
to share views and act as a catalyst for positive sustainable change.🌎
🗓 First event-Thursday 28th January
👉
It’s
#UKWindWeek
and we’re shining the spotlight on our renewables team and their dedication to building a clean, green energy future. Watch our renewables
#workforce
. 📽👇💚👷♀️
And our
#WindWorldCup
winner is...
WHITELEE WIND FARM! 🏆🏆🏆
Congratulations to our winner and big round of applause to
@sserenewables
and Stronelairg who lost by just a handful of votes.
Huge thanks to our
@SPEnergyNetwork
engineers who’ve been ferrying staff from their homes to Larbert’s Forth Valley Hospital & Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary & Western General in their 4x4s. They’ve also been transporting blood & vital medical equipment 🙌🏼
#NotAllHeroesWearCapes
The ScottishPower Women’s Premier League 2023/24 Season has officially launched, at ScottishPower HQ! 🏆
Through our partnership with
@SWPL
, we are thrilled to be supporting women’s football, aiming to empower and inspire current and future generations to join the game.
Take a…
Today Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
installed the first solar panels at UK’s first utility-scale energy park at Carland Cross in Cornwall.
Our pioneering site will become the first in the UK to combine wind, solar and battery storage. 🌞🌬️🔋
#betterfuturequicker
#COP26
Our customers can charge for up to 10x less than the cost of petrol with our first ever Time of Use tariff for electric vehicles. Another step towards a cleaner, cheaper, greener future for all. ⚡️🚗
#electricvehicles
#BetterFutureQuicker
📣 📣 We’ve partnered with world-leading conservation organisation
@WWF
🐼 ahead of
#COP26
and we’re working together to accelerate the UK’s transition to net zero. Did you spot the iconic panda on our HQ?
Find out more here:
#WWF
#BetterFutureQuicker
Running out of
#homelearning
ideas?
Lessons on our Powerwise site have clear learning objectives & success criteria that will challenge, engage & inspire your young person's learning.
Today why not find out more about
#biodiversity
👇
#thursdaymorning
With obvious health benefits for you and your dog,🐕🦺
#dailyexercise
is a great way to keep fit and live your best
#lowcarbon
life by getting the dog outdoors safely and locally. So why not join in our competition at the same time?
🐾
#walkyourdog
to win👉
🗣️
@AlokSharma_RDG
"Not only is
@Visit_Whitelee
magnificent to look at, but also the fact that it's a centre for low carbon energy. 💚🌬️⚡️
"There is a real opportunity for us to build even further on renewables to ensure we get to Net Zero by 2050."
@COP26
#TogetherForOurPlanet
We're
#OneStepGreener
as we lead the way on
#GreenHydrogen
💚
Green Hydrogen is a zero carbon way of producing hydrogen. It gets its name from the green way in which the electrolyser is powered - through
#renewableenergy
. 🌬️⚡️
👀 We’ll be going live just before 09:00 to show the demolition of the Longannet chimney stack which has dominated the Firth of Forth skyline for more than 50 years.
#ClimateAction
#makecoalhistory