A bid to allow green energy to power a Lanarkshire waste water treatment facility has been launched. Scottish Water has applied for planning permission to install technology which will offset more than 20 per cent of the electricity needed to operate their site at Skellyton near Larkhall.
The proposals would see over 500 solar panels put in place which can generate over 150MWh of electricity each year – the same amount of energy needed to boil a kettle 1.5 million times or watch a million hours of television.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Donald MacBrayne from Scottish Water Horizons told Lanarkshire Live : “Offsetting energy usage through renewable generation is a key part of delivering on our commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. “This scheme will not only help Skellyton treatment works on the way to energy self-sufficiency it will also contribute around 12 per cent of the generated electricity to the national grid, helping to offset carbon emissions further afield.”The installation of the solar PV array is said to be able to cut carbon dioxide emissions associated with the site by over 20 tonnes per year.PV panels will be installed in
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