utilities

Scottish Water has continued its push to decarbonise its operations, with the completion of a new solar PV system.

HBS New Energies has been awarded a new contract to install rooftop solar arrays across six Welsh Water sites.

Water utility United Utilities has started work on a 1MW floating solar installation near one of its water treatment facilities in Lancashire.

Northern Ireland’s NI Water has started work on a 5MW solar farm which it says will save the utility more than £500,000 in energy costs each year.

Utility Eneco UK has snapped up an operational commercial rooftop solar portfolio topping 7.5MW from supplier Kingspan Energy.

Southern Water has appointed Forrest as the sole contractor to work on a five-year renewable energy framework which will see the utility install solar across its portfolio.

Clean energy utility Good Energy has identified battery storage and electric vehicles as two of three new business opportunities to explore after saying it was “streamlining” its operating model.