Solar project to deliver carbon benefits at Helensburgh WWTW

Solar project to deliver carbon benefits at Helensburgh WWTW

WORK is complete on a £300,000 project in Helensburgh designed to help make the treatment of the town’s waste water less carbon intensive. 384 ground-mounted solar panels have been installed at the town’s Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW), which are expected to generate around 0.21 GWh of electricity annually. This is tipped to meet 26% of the site’s energy needs, as well as saving 43 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year. A proportion of …