Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: capital projects - March 2024

Aviva Low Carbon Infrastructure Project

Project Organisation:

Aviva

Technology type(s):

1.8 MW solar carport with battery storage (700-900 MWh per year) and 50 electric vehicle charging stations

Location:

Pitheavlis building – Aviva Perth office

Grant value:

£1.506 million

Completion Date:

May 2021

Project description:

The RenEnergy solar array installed generates enough energy to allow the site to be able to go off-grid and the battery will power the site for five hours each day. Approximately three quarters of the solar generated energy is used on site, with about a quarter being stored in the Tesla batteries supplied by Tesla.

Fifty electric vehicle charging points were installed for Aviva employees to use which can potentially save 209,241 kg CO₂e if all spaces are used twice a day. This represents a relative reduction of 80% compared to baseline emissions.