Milestone achieved in Scottish car dealership’s solar drive

East Lothian-based Gensource has been working with Eastern Western Motor Group (EWMG) for the last two years, completing installations at 14 dealerships and a number of operational facilities. It has now hit a milestone of two megawatts of solar capacity.

The partnership was the firm’s first major contract win after launching in December 2022, with the work beginning with half-a-dozen sites at EWMG’s luxury car village at Newbridge on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The final project of the latest phase is a 155-kilowatt install at Western Commercial in Bellshill.

The most notable project to date has been the new pre-delivery inspection centre at Halbeath, Dunfermline, where Gensource designed the letters EWMG into the roof of the building in solar panels.

Josh King, Gensource’s managing director, said: “Working with such a prestigious client as Eastern Western has been fantastic for us and has served as a huge springboard for Gensource to achieve fast, sustainable growth.

“They are a forward-thinking company whose trust and support have been hugely important to our progress, and their commitment to quality aligns with ours.

“This has allowed us to demonstrate our ability to deliver a major multi-site solar programme for one of Scotland’s largest privately-owned businesses. With Eastern Western undergoing significant expansion in dealerships, we have also been supporting them in maintaining the legacy systems they have inherited.”

Keith Duncan, group managing director at EWMG, added: “We have now completed the second phase of our solar power roll out. In total we have now fitted solar power and monitoring to 19 businesses and the results from late-spring to early-autumn have been amazing, with many power-hungry sites operating almost entirely on solar power.”