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Over the past week several utilities have announced major upcoming projects and investments.
From Yorkshire Water’s £650 million pipeline project investment, to SSEN’s £8 million network resilience project in south east England, Utility Week takes a look at some of the projects happening around the sector.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water is investing a total of £650 million in infrastructure pipeline projects for the coming investment period 2020-25.
The projects are divided into infrastructure networks, with £400 million investment for clean and wastewater assets, as well as a customer focused infrastructure works framework worth £250 million.
The customer focused work will include protecting against internal flooding, lead replacement and minor works packages.
Yorkshire Water’s head of programme delivery, Mark Baker, said the company is “delighted to have put in place the final piece of our highly collaborative partnering arrangements for the delivery of our AMP7 programme.”
Contracts with nine companies appointed to complete the works will last for four years with an option to extend a further four years.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN)
SSEN has announced this week it is investing £8.4 million over the next 19 months to future-proof a section of its south east network.
Work will begin in February next year and will involve upgrading almost 15km of its infrastructure serving the homes and businesses of Petersfield and Fernhurst, and all of the areas between the Hampshire town and West Sussex village.
SSEN says the project will build its power supply’s resilience through the undergrounding of sections of cable and the refurbishment of the primary substation in Petersfield, which covers 10,000 customers.
Scottish Water
Scottish Water has upgraded a hydro power scheme which includes turbines that can generate enough power to run almost 700 households
The scheme at Daer Water Treatment Works (WTW) near Elvanfoot in South Lanarkshire can generate enough green energy to avoid the emissions of almost 360 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent this year, the company said.
The site serves 250,000 customers and includes four turbines, the largest number at any Scottish Water asset, which are generating enough electricity to run the WTW and sell surplus power back to National Grid.
The recent optimisation works on the turbines included the installation of a heat exchange system, meaning some of the excess electricity can be harnessed and used to augment the current oil heating system.
Scottish Water added that it aims to become carbon neutral by 2040.
Claire Chapman, renewable asset manager at Scottish Water, said: “I’m delighted with how this site is using its electricity – it’s great for the environment and for Scottish Water.
“As well as the income earned here for Scottish Water, the site is really important in terms of the direction we’re moving in with our carbon footprint and trying to reduce the amount of electricity we use.”
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