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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 -
Employee Spotlight: Andrew Baker
Next up in our Employee Spotlight series is Andrew Baker, Specialist Graduate, who is supporting our low carbon projects as part of the Graduate Development Programme. Having joined us just a few months ago, Andrew is already making his mark! Tell us a little bit about yourself I joined Scottish…
20 December 2021 -
Keep COP26 in mind in the kitchen this Christmas
Scottish Water is urging customers to build on the momentum gained at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow and play a part in cutting carbon emissions from food waste this Christmas. Around 67 million meals go to waste in Scotland every December with 84% of Scottish households having leftover…
16 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 -
Employee Spotlight: Stuart Clark
Our Employee Spotlight series continues with Stuart Clark, Project Manager in our business development team. Stuart has recently joined Horizons to support our low carbon energy projects with a specific focus on hydro energy. With an extensive background and self-professed love for all things hydroelectric, we spoke to him to…
08 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
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