Highland Spring Group launches new solar farm in Scotland

Highland Spring Group launches new solar farm in Scotland
Highland Spring Group, leading UK producer of natural source waters, in partnership with clean energy company SSE Energy Solutions, has announced the launch of a new solar farm in Scotland. Located in the Ochil Hills, Perthshire, the 7-megawatt, 23-acre project will supply up to a quarter of the Group’s electricity needs for its main Blackford site. Construction is due to start in Summer 2025 and it is expected the solar farm will be fully operational by early 2026. SSE has been appointed to manage the installation and running of the solar site on behalf of Highland Spring Group.
In addition to providing power to the manufacturing site and offices, the project has direct, tangible benefits for the local community including a sensitive design to minimise its visual impact, providing a free-of-charge electricity supply to Blackford Primary School and rapid EV chargers for community use. In recent years Highland Spring Group has accelerated its business decarbonisation roadmap, delivering projects and initiatives in collaboration with customers and partners which reduce emissions across its entire operations from source to shelf.