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 – enough to boil more than 622,000 kettles a 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.
