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Blog: ‘Graduating’ in our low carbon energy team
Johnny Roach, Specialist Graduate in Scottish Water, talks about his recent graduate placement in our low carbon energy team… Since joining Scottish Water’s (SW) Graduate Programme in 2019, I’ve been fortunate to be involved in some really exciting placements – including my most recent placement in Horizons Low Carbon Energy…
26 February 2021 -
Green energy boost for Aberdeenshire
A £275,000 project to install 740 solar panels has been completed at Scottish Water’s Craigie drinking water service reservoir, near Newmachar in Aberdeenshire. With a capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW), around half of the solar energy generated will be used to power the pumps which are a key part of…
05 February 2021 -
Solar boost for Campeltown treatment works
Solar energy is helping to power a Scottish Water facility in Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute. Following a £94,000 investment, 174 roof-mounted solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels are now powering Campbeltown Water Treatment Works which serves around 4,000 properties. This carbon reducing technology will offset 16 per cent of the electricity required…
13 January 2021 -
Solar and Battery First Set to Turn Treatment Works Green
Scottish Water Horizons has started work to install the first combined solar power and battery storage facility near Perth’s Waste Water Treatment Works at Sleepless Inch on the River Tay. The £2 million project is Scottish Water Horizons’ largest single solar energy investment announced to date. The renewable energy generated…
14 December 2020 -
10 years of recycling food waste into green energy
Scotland’s first ever large-scale food waste recycling facility celebrates a huge milestone this Climate Week marking ten years since it was first commissioned. In a decade, Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre near Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire has processed over one hundred and fifty-five thousand (155,000) tonnes of food waste.…
17 September 2020 -
Stirling school joins innovative green heat network
St Modan’s High School in Stirling has enrolled in Stirling’s innovative district heat network. Identified as one of the highest energy users in the area, the school is the latest end-user to be connected to the green heat network to help reduce costs and carbon. Stirling’s district heating network…
16 September 2020
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