Perth West As A Case Study For The Value Of Greenfield Smart Local Energy Systems

Perth West is a Greenfield project located in the west of Perth city. Its developers aim to make it “the most desirable place in Scotland to live, work, visit and invest”. To achieve this goal, Perth West aims to deliver an inclusive, green economic growth agenda. This will include the incorporation of clean technologies to serve smart city growth and support decarbonised energy, heat and transport. The sustainable infrastructure will attract a cluster of new businesses and industries.
This report aims to provide a techno-economic feasibility study to determine the potential energy sources and infrastructure that will help the site reach the net zero carbon target. The results show an opportunity to minimise energy delivery costs by building a PV capacity of around 47 MW and a battery capacity between 33 MWh and 48 MWh.The technical study was done alongside a social study, examining citizens’ behaviour and willingness to engage in the transition to the net-zero target. The social study found that local residents are willing to engage with the net zero agenda, demonstrating an appetite, in principle, to alter their transport habits and retrofit their homes.