SSE Renewables
SSE is creating SSE Renewables, which will be a leading developer, operator and owner of renewable energy assets across the UK and Ireland.
Vision
The creation of SSE Renewables is a step towards SSE’s vision of being a leading energy company in a low carbon world.
Assets
SSE Renewables will comprise SSE’s existing operational assets, and assets under development and construction in the UK and Ireland in:
- onshore wind;
- offshore wind;
- flexible hydro electricity;
- run-of-river hydro electricity; and
- pumped storage
SSE Renewables’ operational assets are currently expected to total over 4GW at 31 March 2019, with actual capacity subject to the potential sale of stakes of up to 50% in the Stronelairg and Dunmaglass onshore wind farms.
Management
SSE Renewables’ Managing Director Designate is Jim Smith.
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SSE Airtricity, Ireland’s largest provider of 100% green electricity, has presented €260,000 to community groups close to its Tournafulla, Rathcahill, Dromada, and Athea Wind Farms in West Limerick, and Leanamore Wind Farm in North Kerry.
SSE and Coillte picked up two awards as joint venture partners for Galway Wind Park, Ireland's largest wind farm, at the inaugural Irish Wind Industry Awards in Dublin.
In an op-ed in today's Irish Independent, SSE Ireland Managing Director Stephen Wheeler looks at the vast opportunities for an offshore wind industry in Ireland - and what we need to make it a reality.