United Utilities engineers are making some of the final connections ahead of the switch-on of Europe’s biggest floating solar power system.
12,000 panels have been installed at Godley reservoir in Manchester. The system, which cost £3.5 million, will provide the water firm with 2.7GWh of energy every year – which is more than a third of Godley’s power requirements.
Over the last 12 weeks, the panels and their floats have been connected together and positioned in the middle of the reservoir. Covering a total of 45,500 square metres, the scheme is part of United Utilities’ ongoing carbon reduction strategy. The water firm has a target to generate 35 per cent of its power requirements from renewables by 2020.
United Utilities wants to reduce its annual £65 million energy costs which, ultimately, will help to keep customer bills as low as possible.
See the time-lapse video to see the work in progress on the Waterbriefing Watch channel
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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