Evance small wind turbines to generate nearly 50% of power needed for supplying water service
30th October 2013: Evance is pleased to announce the commissioning of three R9000 small wind turbines at Scottish Water’s waste water treatment works at Broadford, on the Isle of Skye, and another three at the water treatment works on Raasay.
These turbines will harness the natural wind resource to reduce the energy costs of operating these vital services for the community, and next month three turbines will be installed at the Portree waste water treatment works to support its operation.
“These nine Evance turbines will make a significant difference to the running cost of the water treatment works as they will generate nearly 50% of the electricity needed to operate these services,” commented Tim Sammon, Director of Evance Wind Turbines.
“Scottish Water is looking to take advantage of natural wind resources at some of our sites to reduce our energy bill and, in turn, the cost of providing essential services to our customers in Scotland. The commissioning of the turbines on Skye and Raasay follow similar schemes in the Western Isles and Orkney,” said Eddie Johnstone, Project Manager with Scottish Water’s Energy Team.
“We are working with Scottish Water on further projects, as they continue to work towards a more sustainable public service,” concluded Tim Sammon.
About Scottish Water
Scottish Water is the fourth largest water & waste water service provider in the UK, providing 5 million customers, with 1.3 billion litres of clean water every day and also takes away 839 million litres of waste water a day.
With over 2,100 water and waste water treatments works, and other sites, Scottish Water is a large user of energy. Scottish Water continues to work on projects to generate green energy to reduce operation costs, reduce the cost to customers and also help to meet Scotland’s renewable energy target.
The turbines are part of the wider investment programme by Scottish Water Horizons the utility’s commercial subsidiary, in renewable generation schemes across Scotland.
About Evance Wind Turbines Ltd
Evance Wind Turbines, a world leading manufacturer of small wind turbines, is dedicated to helping customers capture and use wind power to reduce both energy bills and carbon footprint. Evance has a global footprint of over 1,700 installations helping farmers, home owners, businesses and schools to become green energy producers.
Evance’s 5kW R9000 wind turbine is fully MCS certified, so eligible for the UK’s Feed-in Tariff scheme, and certified in the US and Japan.
As a leading manufacturer of small wind turbines Evance delivers efficient and reliable solutions designed to produce maximum energy yield.
Evance is a member of a number of renewable energy groups including RenewableUK, Scottish Renewables & Community Energy Scotland.
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