ENERGY Minister Fergus Ewing will help launch the UK’s heat from sewage scheme at the Borders College campus in Galashiels next Tuesday, December 8.

 

The system provides around 95 per cent of the heat needed by the Galashiels campus.

 

Backed by investment from Equitix and the UK Green Investment Bank, the SHARC heat recovery system intercepts waste water from a sewer close to the local treatment works operated by Scottish Water.

 

The system uses a heat pump to amplify the natural warmth of waste water and the heat produced is being sold to Borders College under a 20-year purchase agreement, producing savings in energy, costs and carbon emissions.

 

You are invited to send a reporter/camera crew. There will be a short ceremony followed by interview/filming opportunities with the Minister and representatives of Scottish Water, SHARC (the firm which has developed the technology) and the college.