Scottish Water launches tender for solar projects up to 5 MW

• The Scottish water supplier is seeking propositions for the development as well as construction of numerous solar plants varying in dimension from 50 kW to 50 MW. The installations can be a combination of ground-mounted PV systems and also roof arrays.

Scottish Water Horizons, a system of U.K.-based water company Scottish Water, has introduced a tender to look for propositions for the development and also building of a number of renewable resource projects throughout its very own residential properties.

Solar projects, the company claimed in the tender document, are expected to account for in between 75% and also 90% of all alloted ability. The solar plants will certainly have to range in size from 50 kW to 5 MW as well as might combine ground-mounted and also roof generators.

"The contractor needs to can supplying setup of energy storage tools before or behind the meter, either as a standalone project or as part of a combined onsite generation scheme with the aforementioned solar projects," the business said.

The value of the agreement to be granted to the chosen designer is GBP 45 million ($56.9 million). The tender additionally consists of the advancement of wind and hydropower facilities.

Interested programmers will certainly have till July 9 to send their proposals.

The water supplier currently creates 63 GWh of eco-friendly electrical energy per year, containing 38 hydropower generators, 18 small-scale wind ranches, 44 solar projects, four CHP plants, and three biomass central heating boilers. It additionally acquires 17% of its electricity from affordable eco-friendly power manufacturing in Scotland.