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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 -
Inverness works gets green power
A £450,000 project to install over 1,300 solar panels has been completed at Scottish Water’s water treatment works that serves customers in Inverness, Nairn and surrounding areas. The scheme is the third largest delivered to date by Scottish Water Horizons and is expected to provide a third of the energy needed at the site at Loch Ashie, 5 miles…
16 September 2020 -
Solar boost for Fife reservoir
A service reservoir in Fife is the latest Scottish Water site to go green, thanks to solar technology installed by Scottish Water Horizons. Finmont Service Reservoir, near Lochgelly, has been fitted out with almost 1,000 solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels, and will offset a quarter of the electricity needed to operate…
04 August 2020 -
Glassford reservoir goes green
Green energy is helping to power a Scottish Water facility in Glassford, South Lanarkshire. A £185,000 investment made by Scottish Water Horizons has seen 532 ground-mounted solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels installed at the utility’s service reservoir in Glassford. Once treated, water from the facility is delivered to around 9,300 homes…
24 June 2020 -
Dunfermline works gets green power
Dunfermline Waste Water Treatment Works is the latest site to have solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels installed, helping Scottish Water’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040. Scottish Water Horizons invested £300,000 installing 784 PV panels at the works which serves around 81,000 customers in Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Crossgates,…
06 May 2020 -
District heat network turns up heat in Stirling
A number of buildings in the Forthside area of Stirling are now receiving heat that’s generated from waste water – all thanks to a ground-breaking £6m project that’s now fully operational in the area
07 November 2019 -
Water Works are Latest to Go Green Towards Net Zero Target
Our latest solar schemes are helping treatment works in North Ayrshire and the Highlands go green, helping Scottish Water reach net zero net emissions by 2040
26 September 2019 -
Using Solar PV on our Journey to Net Zero – Roddy Speirs
Our renewables expert Roddy Speirs talks about the importance of solar power ahead of the Scottish Renewables annual Solar Conference
26 September 2019 -
Solar Watts for Ross-shire
Our solar photovoltaic scheme in Ross-shire is helping Scottish Water cut the carbon cost of Highland communities’ water supply
03 May 2019 -
Erskine Waste Water Treatment Works Goes Green
Green energy is helping to power Scottish Water’s waste water treatment facility in Erskine
01 October 2018
