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Celebrating 10 years of solar power
This winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, Scottish Water is marking the days getting longer by celebrating a decade of solar power production. In 2011, we installed our first solar photo voltaic (PV) scheme at Penwhirn Water Treatment Works in Dumfries and Galloway. Since then we have invested…
21 December 2021 -
Construction work completed at Clyde Gateway low carbon heat network project
Clyde Gateway, Scotland’s biggest regeneration programme, in partnership with Scottish Water Horizons, has officially completed a ground-breaking project to install one of the country’s most innovative and sustainable heating systems. The state-of-the-art district heating network at the Clyde Gateway site in Glasgow’s east end broke ground in 2020, following £2.1million…
22 November 2021 -
Ground-breaking green heating network hosts German Minister
A German energy minister visiting Scotland for COP26 has praised Stirling’s pioneering low carbon District Heating Network during a special visit. Head of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Sector, Minister Thekla Walker toured the facility in Stirling on Monday (8 Nov). The £6 million ground-breaking…
11 November 2021 -
Major solar scheme for Aberdeen in net zero drive
An ambitious solar energy scheme to help power two main service reservoirs supplying water to Aberdeen has been completed. The scheme, located in Cults, Aberdeenshire, has been fitted out with over 1,700 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with a generating capacity of 0.52 GWh of energy each year to support Scottish…
21 October 2021 -
Fishing for litter at team volunteering day
Here at Scottish Water Horizons, we’re passionate about helping our local communities and doing our bit for the environment. Recently we were lucky enough to get the opportunity to volunteer with Scottish Canals to fish for litter from the local waterway. With over 137 miles of water network and 22…
30 August 2021 -
Blog: Why asset vesting is so important – Elaine Meikle
Asset vesting is one of the newest strings we’ve added to our bow to support the developer community. Elaine Meikle, Project Manager, plays an important part in ensuring the success of our projects and has worked across a number of teams in Scottish Water before bringing her skill and expertise…
13 August 2021
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