EDF has been tasked by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) to help guide the public sector organisation to significantly improve its energy efficiency and achieve net zero by 2045.
The ongoing carbon reduction and efficiency work with EDF will help SFRS on its own journey towards net zero and save over 14,000 tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030.
Select SFRS sites will be installed with solar allowing the SFRS to produce some of the energy required to run its operations.
Meanwhile, in line with Scottish government’s target of phasing out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032, EDF will be helping SFRS transition to new electric vehicles (EVs) and installing charging stations across its network of sites.
SFRS aims to transition 50% of its 755-strong “light fleet” of cars and vans to EVs by 2025, increasing to all light vehicles by 2030.
EDF has already installed 51 charge points across 46 SFRS sites, with charge points strategically placed across Scotland to ensure that each area commander can cover their area and collectively they can cover the whole of Scotland.
Iain Morris, acting director of finance and procurement at SFRS, said: “As an organisation, our frontline firefighters respond to the impacts of severe weather events such as wildfires and flooding, therefore we want to ensure we are taking all necessary steps to address the climate emergency.
“We have set out our long-term goals and are working towards reducing carbon emissions by 6% each year until 2030.”
To date, EDF has carried out works on 80 SFRS sites across Scotland, with all works project managed by Imtech – the engineering services company and subsidiary of EDF.