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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: 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 -
Blog: Driving down emissions – Paul Kerr
“Never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that.” One of the many bold and inspiring quotes from the remarkable Sir David Attenborough. It’s a quote that particularly resonates as…
15 September 2021 -
Major milestone for solar power
Scottish Water Horizons has completed work on a milestone £2 million solar power scheme as part of a drive to reach net zero emissions by 2040. The scheme is the company’s largest single solar energy investment to date and is the first to include battery storage facilities in its design,…
15 September 2021 -
Employee Spotlight: Presley McGuire
Low carbon energy is really important to us at Scottish Water Horizons, and we have a whole team dedicated to ways we can help Scotland meet Net Zero Emissions. An important member of this team is Presley McGuire who is passionate about helping make the planet a greener place as…
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New solar array at Fife treatment works
Green energy is helping power a waste water site in Fife thanks to a new solar scheme A total of 434 roof and ground mounted solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels have been installed at Cupar Waste Water Treatment Works to support Scottish Water’s journey to net zero emissions. The carbon reducing…
19 July 2021 -
Solar boost for St Andrews site in net zero drive
A waste water treatment works in St Andrews is boosting its green credentials to support Scottish Water’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2040. The site, located next to The Castle Course, has been fitted out with an additional 516 solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels. The carbon reducing technology will…
02 April 2021 -
Ambitious solar scheme planned for East Dunbartonshire
Scottish Water Horizons has unveiled plans to install its most ambitious new renewable power scheme to date at a water treatment works in East Dunbartonshire. With £3m investment, 8,620 ground-mounted solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels would be installed at Balmore Water Treatment Works in Torrance – one of Scottish Water’s most energy intensive assets. The…
26 March 2021 -
Blog: ‘Graduating’ in our low carbon energy team – Johnny Roach
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 -
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 -
Blog: 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
