Enerveo announced as South Coast LED lighting upgrade project partner

  Posted by: electime      20th March 2026

Peter Schoeneberg (Enerveo Managing Director), Jack Scott (Equitix Associate Director), Simon Osborne (West Sussex County Council Asset Manager – Traffic Signals and Street Lighting)

Enerveo, the current street lighting provider for Southampton City Council, as well as Hampshire County Council and West Sussex County Council, has signed Deeds of Variation agreements with each of the local authorities to deliver the South Coast LED lighting upgrade project.

Enerveo is the incumbent street lighting provider for all three local authorities, having worked in partnership for the past 16 years.

Following an extensive design, consultation and approval process, the contract amendments will see Enerveo significantly expand the scope of its current PFI contracts, with the project leading to greener, more sustainable lighting on roads and significant carbon savings for the councils through improved energy efficiency. The project will also provide safer roads for both pedestrians and motorists through improved visibility.

The LED upgrade project will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% per year.

The South Coast LED upgrade project will involve upgrading a combined total of 83,000 lights to modern LEDs over the next four years and will see Enerveo roll out its innovative Mayflower Smart Control Central Management System (CMS) on behalf of West Sussex County Council, installing over 65,000 Mayflower nodes across West Sussex.

Enerveo’s Mayflower CMS is a unique technology that provides full control and monitoring of each individual lighting unit. The system comprises ‘nodes’ installed on lights which send and receive data, enabling full and effective asset management.

By reducing carbon emissions through LED light replacements, which have a much longer lifespan than traditional lights and use less electricity, Enerveo will accelerate the transition to net zero for these local authorities.

The South Coast LED upgrade project will see 65,249 lights upgraded to LEDs for West Sussex County Council over a 48-month period, 9,395 lights upgraded on behalf of Hampshire County Council over a 12-month period, and a further 8,366 lights replaced for Southampton City Council, also over a 12-month period.

Energy savings are estimated to be approximately 60% once the overall South Coast upgrade project has been concluded.

The on-site project works will commence in March 2026 in partnership with Equitix, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure investors, developer and fund managers. Equitix Management Services are providers of the Management Services Agreement (MSA) on all three projects.

Patrick Rooney, Director of Highways Electrical at Enerveo, commented: “We’re delighted to work in partnership with the councils to support their ambitious plans for a net zero future.
“The South Coast LED upgrade project has the capability to significantly reduce carbon output in the region and have a positive sustainability impact on local communities through the deployment of technological innovations such as Mayflower.
“We look forward to the opportunity to expand on our current responsibilities and respond to the increasing demand for greener, decarbonised public lighting.”