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EMPLOYEE MAGAZINE | ISSUE NO.1 2022 HORIZONS Team highlights New services to support net zero Celebrating our people And lots more!

Celebrating another successful year Huge thanks and Christmas wishes from Paul Kerr... As we approach the end of the year, I would like to We've also made successful inroads in bringing offer my Season’s Greetings and sincere thanks for new services to market. For example, we're now your support and hard work over the past 12 offering hydrogen support to energy months. developers. So far we've secured the water infrastructure design contract for Scottish It has been a busy and demanding year, and I Power’s hydrogen plant at Whitelee in Ayrshire would like to extend my gratitude to all of you for and secured further feasibility assessments to helping to make this year a success despite support the decarbonisation of the gas grid. dealing with a number of challenges. We've also made great progress with the pace of From people retention and recruitment, supply our renewables programme including start of chain delays and rising costs, escalating gas and construction of our largest solar PV scheme to chemical prices as well as the replacement of the date. We also have a healthy pipeline of hydro Deerdykes CHP (combined heat and power) engines, power opportunities which will help accelerate we've certainly been kept on our toes. Scottish Water's journey to net zero. However we've made great headway. So far this From a people perspective, I'd also like to financial year we've managed to hit our profit and extend a very warm welcome to all those who loss targets. We've made a financial contribution to have joined Horizons over the last year. Scottish Water of £3.2m to the end of November, Fantastic to have you on board and I hope you £0.3m ahead of Scottish Water's budget and £0.5m are settling in well. more than the same period last year. So keep up the good work and here’s to a This is a fantastic achievement which is largely due successful quarter 2023! to an increase in liquid waste and export water volumes; as well as Scottish Water receiving a higher Sending warm wishes to you and your family for benefit from renewables projects due to current a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! energy prices.

Green light for hydrogen Our Developer Projects team are \"I'm delighted with the report and was making great strides in the hydrogen very impressed as it gave me exactly production industry with the what I needed to make decisions on provision of vital water supplies. water supply. I was especially impressed with the carbon calculation which also Already we have secured the water supports our net zero targets.” infrastructure design contract for Scottish Power’s Whitelees Hydrogen plant which Currently the team are working on the should lead to an estimated construction fnal stages of securing the design contract of £2.5m. contract for a project in the Cromarty area. We have also secured feasibility Colin Lindsay, Operations Manager, who assessments to support Project Acorn in has been spearheading the project said: the north-east of Scotland plus 6 sites for German company RWE to support the \"It will mean further collaboration with decarbonisation of the national gas grid. Scottish Power and Storegga, a decarbonisation development business in The Whitlee project is a notable win as the a major area in the north of Scotland. plant will be the first large scale hydrogen production facility in Scotland, fuelling \"With Scottish Water's drive to achieve Glasgow’s waste and transport fleet. net zero by 2040, we're delighted to play a part in this new and emerging Jack Davies, Head of Hydrogen at Scottish renewables technology.\" Power, said of our Whitelee study: Hydrogen and our role Did you know that Scotland is the first Hydrogen production needs water – and lots of it! nation in the UK to It is produced by extracting hydrogen from water publish a policy molecules using a process known as 'electrolysis'. statement on hydrogen? Water sources can include potable water, raw water, You can read it here final effluent or saltwater. And that's where we come in! Developer Projects are looking at all different types of water sources and offering hydrogen developers water supply feasibility; optioneering; design and build and will then look to operate and maintain those assets.

People Spotlight Every month we feature one of our talented people to highlight their contribution - and give a sneak peek of what they get up to outside of work. Last year we discovered some amazing and wonderful things! Here's two snippets of recent People Spotlights from the Finance and Hydro teams... Fiona Dall - Business Performance Analyst An avid fan of 'Stranger Things' and anything chocolate Read more from Fiona related, Fiona loves the variety and challenges of her role: \"No two days are ever the same. Adhoc tasks always crop up which keeps my job interesting and varied. From preparing financial reports and managing cashflow, to analysing performance and supporting my team, there’s never a dull moment! \"Outside of work I've got four kids, a dog and a husband so they keep me just as busy! We love camping (well I should say glamping!) and try to get away when we can together as a family.\" Amy Johnston - Project Manager Having joined us from Scottish Water’s graduate programme, Courtesy of Digital Downhill Amy is now a fully fledged member of the Developer Projects team: Read more from Amy \"I enjoy the split between technical know-how and customer management. It’s so rewarding when we complete a challenging project to the satisfaction of our customers – it makes the job feel really worthwhile and it’s great to have the opportunity to get to know our clients better. \"Outside of work I’m a big fan of mountain biking and regularly compete in Enduro racing with my local team. I’ve also recently taken up mixed martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu too – as you can tell I like to be kept on my mental and physical game!\" A massive thank you to everyone involved in our People Spotlight series so far! Click here to read more Spotlights from our team.