RT @DoggerBankWind: Dogger Bank Wind Farm celebrates full delivery of SOV fleet from North Star. North Star has officially named and hande…

"2025 will be a critical year for the renewables industry... and we've got so much more to do." Our Head of External Relations for Scotland, Jamie Maxton, is up for re-election for the @ScotRenew board and voting closes at 12 noon tomorrow. Jamie has been on the board for the past 3 years and has been a part of the team driving significant progress to the Scottish renewables industry and is ready to tackle the challenges that we are facing now and in the near future. Vote Jamie Maxton!

We recently welcomed @ScotGovFM , @JohnSwinney MSP to officially open our new Onshore Wind, Solar and Battery Control Centre at our headquarters in Perth. The new control centre, designed with the feedback of operational colleagues at its core, will enhance our operational facilities in support of expected future growth in our onshore wind, solar and battery portfolio. With over 800MW of onshore renewable in construction across the UK and Ireland, as well as almost 2.5GW already in operation, the new control centre is an important investment in enabling safe and efficient management of existing and future operations. Watch the video below to learn how the control centre will be beneficial.

Our Managing Director Stephen Wheeler, gave a keynote address at @WindEnergyIRL's Annual Conference in Dublin recently. In his address he spoke about taking big leaps and not small steps for climate action, and that the best leaders leave a legacy, ours being the planet. At SSE plc we’re taking on climate change and building the renewable energy infrastructure needed, including the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank. It’s a project of globally significant scale and when complete, it will generate 3.6GW of renewable energy from the North Sea, powering 6 million homes annually. Putting this into global context, the world needs 2,000 Dogger Banks between now and 2030 to fight the climate and nature crisis. In the video below Stephen outlines the positives of Ireland’s onshore wind generation which has formed the backbone of the country’s energy system. However, it’s been over 20 years since Ireland has seen a MW of offshore wind developed. The time for action is now, and it starts with our political leaders, working with industry and stakeholders. Now is the time to turn our small steps into big leaps for climate action.

Offshore Strategy Manager, GB, Jon Abbatt joined a panel discussion on unlocking the barriers to offshore wind deployment on day two at the @ScotRenew Offshore Wind Conference. Jon focused on the need for a rapid acceleration of the consenting process in the UK, the urgent need to deliver an effective Marine Recovery Fund and a supportive policy environment to ensure projects can have maximum certainty to reach FID and enter construction. #SROFFSHORE25

Project Director for our Berwick Bank project, Alex Meredith, took part in the final session of day one at the @ScotRenew Offshore Wind Conference. Alex addressed the conference and delivered an update on the scale of opportunity that the 4.1. GW Berwick Bank can provide for the offshore wind supply chain and wider UK economy. Berwick Bank Wind Farm represents a potential £8.3 billion boost to the UK economy should the project get the green light from the Scottish Government and would play a crucial role in achieving the UK Governments Clean Power 2030 mission. #SROFFSHORE25

We’re back again at the @ScotRenew Offshore Wind Conference in Glasgow as headline sponsor. The two-day event is underway, with Brian McFarlane, our Head of Offshore Development, UK, taking part in the first discussion of the day. Chaired by @ScotRenew Chief Executive, @renewableclaire, the session explored the need to push boundaries in order to help drive the projects that will contribute towards the UK and Scottish Governments’ ambitious 2030 #offshorewind targets. Brian touched on the need to accelerate the consent process for offshore wind projects, and why the UK Government needs to set an ambitious CfD Auction Round 7, and listen to industry concerns on REMA. #SROFFSHORE25

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The @ScotGovFM @JohnSwinney MSP officially opened our new Onshore Wind, Solar and Battery Control Centre today in Perth 🥳 It comes after our onshore wind, solar and battery operating portfolio grew last year to almost 2.5GW, following the completion of our 443MW Viking Wind Farm in Shetland and our 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Salisbury which both entered commercial operations in 2024. With over 800MW of onshore renewables now in construction across the UK and Ireland, the new control centre is an important investment in enabling safe and efficient management of existing and future operations. Read more 👇

@WindEnergyIRL's Energy Ireland's Annual Conference is officially underway. 🇮🇪 Our Managing Directer, Stephen Wheeler, provided a keynote address this morning, and warned of the urgency required in reaching Ireland's 2030 targets. "We need to be really focused on solutions. Look around the world and recognise renewables as the key enabler. We must move forward with big leaps. It is incredibly important that we get this right, for future societies. Our success will be determined by our collective actions over the next five years. Now is the time." #WEIConf25

As main sponsors, we’re looking forward to @WindEnergyIRL's Annual Conference in Dublin which gets underway tomorrow. The two-day conference will bring together key industry bodies from the wind industry to discuss Ireland’s 2030 targets, with a focus on how wind energy can help accelerate the journey to net zero, the need to build more wind farms, and that it needs happen faster than ever before. Our Managing Director, Stephen Wheeler will be giving a keynote speech in the morning of the first day, and James O'Hara, our Head of Offshore Wind Ireland will be taking part in a panel discussion shortly after which will delve into delivering Ireland’s energy revolution. Find out more about the event below 🔗

Alastair Stephen spent over 25 years at SSE plc working tirelessly to resolve challenges and mitigate impacts of hydro generation on Atlantic Salmon. He has been the driving force for fisheries science, management and education in Scotland for the past 40 years. 🐟 Following his retirement, his hard work across the industry was recognised at the Nature of Scotland Awards late last year, where he received the RSPB Species Champion Award. 🏆 Alastair has left a legacy of innovative partnership restoration projects, many of which are delivering real population level increases in some Scottish rivers. 💧 The video below, which was created for the Nature of Scotland Awards ceremony, shines a light on Alastair’s passion and the impact his work has had on Atlantic Salmon, nature and biodiversity across Scotland.

RT @DoggerBankWind: Applications are OPEN for the 2025 Dogger Bank operator fund community grants!📢 Grants of up to £1,000 are now availab…

Following over two years of construction, our 101MW Yellow Wind Farm located in Rhode County Offaly generated electricity for the first time. ⚡ It's been a huge team effort to get this point in the project, thanks to Suir Engineering, @Farrans_UKI , Nordex Group, @EirGrid and @portofgalway. 👏 Testing of all 29 Nordex turbines will now take place over the coming months ahead of reaching full power and entering commercial operations which is expected early 2025. 📆 Read more about how Yellow River Wind Farm will help contribute to Ireland’s 2030 renewable energy targets via the link below. 👇 🔗

For a second year, the team from our Coire Glas project including main contractor Strabag donated £500 as well as food items to Lochaber Food Bank. The independent food bank aims to combat poverty and hunger across the Scottish Highlands.

2024 was a busy year for us as we continue to champion the clean, secure and homegrown energy needed to support a net zero future. Huge milestones were achieved – we progressed flagship projects and crossed the finish line on two new onshore wind farms; we charged ahead with new battery projects; we completed significant redevelopments to some of our existing assets; and we continued our international expansion beyond our core market focus of the UK and Ireland. Some of our highlights include: 🍃 First full year of operations at Seagreen, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm ⚡ Full commercial operations at Viking Wind Farm in Shetland and Lenalea in County Donegal 🚧 Construction progress continued at the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm ⛰️ £100 million exploratory works at Coire Glas were completed 💧 Tummel Bridge Power Station reopened following £50 million refurb programme 🔋 Our first Battery Energy Storage System project at Salisbury went live ⚡ First power reached at Yellow River Wind Farm in County Offaly 🇫🇷 First power achieved at Chaintrix Wind Farm, our first onshore wind farm outside the UK and Ireland, and first from our Southern Europe Portfolio 🇳🇱 Our IJmuiden Ver Alpha Dutch offshore project in the Netherlands took a big development step forward 👏 FID to proceed with 208MW Strathy South onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands 🤝 £10.3 million invested in communities across Great Britan and Ireland With the addition this year of new operational assets to our portfolio, we now have 5GW of installed renewable capacity and we’re committed to delivering up to 9GW by 2027 as part of SSE plc’s £20bn clean energy NZAP Plus plan. We won't be stopping anytime soon. Thanks to all our SSE team and colleagues and to our partners, contractors and sub-contractors for their contributions throughout 2024. 2025 is shaping up to be just as busy! (We’ve wrapped-up 2024 in under a minute, watch the video below) 👇

We have taken a final investment decision to proceed with the construction of our 208MW Strathy South onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. Development of Strathy South Wind Farm, which is located in north-east Sutherland, has been ongoing for over a decade and once completed, it will be capable of powering around 200,000 homes annually with renewable energy. @Vestas will supply, install and commission the 35 V162-6.2 MW turbines for the project. Main construction works will begin in spring 2025, with commercial operations expected in late 2027. Read more 👇

We’re celebrating first power being generated from our 101MW Yellow River Wind Farm located in Rhode, County Offlay. 🇮🇪 Working alongside system operator @EirGrid, high voltage electrical engineering contractor Suir Engineering and civils contractor @Farrans_UKI, teams successfully connected and energised the project’s 29 Nordex N117/3600 wind turbines and associated Knockdrin 110kV substation to the existing Derryiron 110kV Transmission Station nearby.  ⚡ With first power now achieved, testing of turbines will take place over the coming months ahead of reaching full power and entering commercial operations, expected in early 2025.   📆 The wind farm will help contribute to Ireland’s 2030 renewable energy targets while delivering homegrown and secure clean power for Irish energy consumers. 🏡 Read more about the landmark milestone below. 👇