A solar scheme in Moffat is now helping power the pumps which provide water to the town’s water treatment works.
The £307,000 project has seen 324 ground-mounted PV (photovoltaic) panels installed at the borehole site in Moffat, where raw water is pumped to the water treatment works before going on to supply customers in local area. It is set to generate 0.14GWh of green energy per year.
The renewable energy generated by the solar panels will meet 12 per cent of the site’s power usage, saving 17 tonnes of carbon annually and supporting Scottish Water’s drive to reach net zero emissions by 2040.
The project has been led by Scottish Water Horizons, the public utility’s commercial subsidiary, and delivered by contractor R&A Group.
Scottish Water Horizons Project Manager Padmini Maheshwari said: “We are delighted this project is now complete in Moffat and it joins a growing number of solar power schemes based at Scottish Water assets around the country.
“Our solar energy programme is an important facet in our drive to net zero and we are continuing to ramp up the scale and pace of delivering these projects.”
Scottish Water Operations Team Leader Ricky Henderson added: “Due to the height and distance that these pumps have to push the water to get it to the treatment works, the power consumption at this site is significant.”
