A water treatment facility in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire has recently joined a long list of Scottish Water sites powered by green energy in a bid to tackle climate change.
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Scottish Water has started work to install a combined solar power and battery storage facility near Perth’s Waste Water Treatment Works at Sleepless Inch on the River Tay, Scotland.
The £2 million project is one of the largest single solar energy investments announced to date by the publicly-owned water company’s commercial subsidiary, Scottish Water Horizons.
The renewable energy generated is expected to provide around a quarter of the electricity needed to treat water that has been used by customers all over the city, enabling it to be safely returned to the environment. 2520 solar panels will be installed on land adjoining the treatment works, with a combined generating capacity of just over 1 MW.