News and views

First Minister John Swinney MSP has today officially opened SSE’s new Onshore Wind, Solar and Battery Control Centre at the company’s headquarters in Perth.

Capacity secured for onshore wind and new battery energy storage in T-4 provisional results

SSE’s 101MW Yellow River Wind Farm in Rhode, County Offaly, is producing first power, marking the latest delivery milestone for one of Ireland’s newest onshore wind farms. 

Britain’s largest natural battery project has reached a significant milestone, with developer SSE completing a £100m exploratory works programme which saw it drill and blast a 1.2km tunnel into the hillside in the Scottish Highlands.

SSE has launched a new £10 million hydro community benefit fund, aimed at supporting projects within areas that host its existing hydro power infrastructure across Scotland.

New cap and floor scheme can unlock investment in critical nation building projects including what will be the UK’s largest natural battery, SSE’s 1.3GW Coire Glas pumped storage hydro scheme

SSE has taken a final investment decision to proceed with its first onshore wind farm projects in Italy, marking yet another milestone in its continued expansion in Continental Europe.

SSE is now producing renewable energy for the first time in mainland Europe having achieved first power at the 28MW Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm in France’s Grand-Est region (Marne).

Less than a year since SSE broke ground on the project, SSE is celebrating the safe and successful installation of the final onshore turbine at the 28MW Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm in France.