SSE Renewables has announced two new appointments to its executive committee, as it continues to focus on accelerating growth and leading the transition to a net zero future. Heather Donald has been appointed director of onshore wind, solar, battery (GB & Ireland), taking on end-to-end responsib
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The Shetland Islands have been connected to the GB electricity grid for the first time following the completion of what is expected to be the most productive onshore wind farm in the UK along with a 160-mile-long subsea link to take power generated on its island site to the mainland. Featuring
SSE has unveiled plans to progress a new pumped storage hydropower scheme at Loch Fearna in a 50:50 development joint venture with a consortium led by Gilkes Energy.
More than 40 landowners, including Transport Scotland, SSE Renewables, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and Tomatin Distillery were invited to meet by representatives of the Strathdearn community to encourage communication and transparency around community benefits from land in the area. The even
First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP has today spoken of the Scottish Government’s commitment to being a partner with the offshore wind industry to “unleash its potential for every single person living in this country”. In his ministerial address to Scottish Renewables' Offshore Wi
Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll held its first UK SPARK innovation challenge in Glasgow last month.
SSE Renewables’ flagship onshore wind project in Shetland has seen more than £70 million spent so far since work commenced in 2020. More than 70 companies in Shetland have benefitted from their involvement in Viking Wind Farm with the spend also benefitting the wider Scottish a
Another landmark has been achieved at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm as the 114th and final wind turbine was installed.
Six projects currently under development in Scotland will more than double the UK’s pumped storage hydro capacity to 7.7GW, create almost 15,000 jobs and generate up to £5.8 billion for the UK economy by 2035, a report by Scottish Renewables and BiGGAR Economics has found. ‘The Eco
Plans have been submitted for one of the world’s biggest wind farms in the Firth of Forth capable of providing power to more than five million homes.
The Seagreen offshore wind farm off the coast of Angus has generated power for the first time. SSE Renewables and its partner TotalEnergies said the first Vestas turbine of a total of 114 was commissioned and connected to the grid in the early hours of Monday morning.
An investigation is underway into the death of a 23-year-old man at a construction site in Shetland.
Energy services company Global Energy Group has today announced its investment in the UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility to be built at Port of Nigg.
Montrose Port Authority and Seagreen Wind Energy Limited marked St Andrew’s Day with the burial of a time capsule celebrating a major milestone in a development serving what will be Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm, 27 kilometres off the coast of Angus. Pupils from Ferryden Primary
COP26 is being powered by 100% renewable energy generated at SSE’s Griffin Wind Farm in Perthshire. The energy supplied to the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) venues hosting the summit has been traced back to the Scottish wind farm, confirming that the mains energy being used by delegates is