SSE Renewables

A statutory consultation on the additional environmental information submitted as part of Ossian Wind Farm offshore array consent application is now live until 2 December 2025. 🚨 Over the last four years, Ossian has completed an extensive programme of surveys and assessments to better understand the environmental conditions of the offshore site.  Ossian has consulted with organisations including regulatory and industry bodies across nature conservation, fisheries, aviation and shipping and navigation sectors, to ensure the application is reflective of their views. Click the link in the comments below for more information. #PublicConsultation #RenewableEnergy

After lying undisturbed at the bottom of the North Sea for nearly 130 years, the bell of The Masonic — a 19th-century vessel lost in the Great Storm of 1893 — has finally returned home. 🔔   Discovered during subsea survey work for the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank Wind Farm, our joint venture with Equinor and Vårgrønn, the historic bell has been carefully restored and now takes pride of place at Brightlingsea Museum in Essex — just miles from where the vessel was originally built in 1876. ⚓   Working alongside maritime archaeologists, conservation specialists, and the team at Brightlingsea Museum, this project highlights how modern offshore development can uncover, protect, and celebrate our shared maritime heritage. 🌊   The restored bell was recently unveiled at Brightlingsea Museum, with descendants of Captain William Dove, one of The Masonic’s original owners, in attendance.   🔗 Click the link in the comments below to find out more.

Our Tievenameenta Community Benefit Fund is now open for applications. With £85,000 available this year, the fund supports local projects within a 12-mile radius of the Tievenameenta Wind Farm in County Tyrone — helping communities create lasting, positive change. Since 2017, the fund has contributed more than £760,000 to local initiatives, supporting projects that: 🤝 Build community connections ⚡ Promote sustainability and energy efficiency 📈 Drive innovation and local development ✅ Align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 🗓 Apply before Friday, 14 November 2025. 🔗 Find out more via the link in the comments below.

We’re celebrating 75 years of renewable energy generation at Sloy Power Station, which was officially opened on 18 October 1950. 📆 Located of the banks of Loch Lomond, Sloy remains the UK’s largest conventional hydroelectric power station and a symbol of Scottish innovation, engineering excellence, and renewable ambition. 💧 With an installed capacity of 152.5 megawatts, Sloy generates around 130,000 megawatt-hours of clean electricity each year — enough to power approximately 48,000 homes an businesses. The station can reach full output in under five minutes, providing essential flexibility to the UK’s electricity grid. ⚡ Constructed between 1945 and 1950 under the Hydro Electric Development (Scotland) Act 1943, Sloy was a remarkable post-War engineering achievement. Seventy-five years on, Sloy continues to play a crucial role in delivering clean, reliable, and flexible renewable energy, supporting the UK’s transition to net zero. To read more, click the link in the comments below. 🔗

We're inviting local groups in West Limerick and North Kerry to apply for funding through our 2025 Community Benefit Funds. With over €270,000 available, this year’s funding brings our total investment in the region to over €3 million – supporting projects that deliver lasting, positive change. 🟢 Two funding streams: Local Community Fund – for grassroots initiatives Major Projects Fund – for large-scale, transformational ideas 📍 Eligible areas: Within 20km of our wind farms in Athea, Dromada, Rathcahill, Tournafulla and Lenamore 🗓️ Deadline: 5 December 2025 🔗 Find out more in the link below.

🔋 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞. C’est avec enthousiasme que nous collaborons avec les acteurs du territoire pour construire un futur plus durable. 📍 Le 12 juin dernier, lors de l’inauguration du parc éolien de Chaintrix-Bierges et Vélye, les élus et officiels présents ont exprimé leur volonté d’accélérer la transition énergétique en s’appuyant sur les ressources locales. Une ambition forte, portée par les enjeux environnementaux et les politiques publiques. 🌱 À titre d’exemple, la communauté de communes Epernay Agglo Champagne vise la neutralité carbone d’ici 2050. Elle s’engage activement dans la réduction de la consommation énergétique et le développement des énergies renouvelables. 💡 Au-delà des objectifs climatiques, c’est aussi une opportunité pour les communes d’investir dans des projets concrets, au service de la qualité de vie des habitants. 🤝 Ce défi est collectif. Il concerne l’humanité tout entière et la préservation de la biodiversité. Ensemble, nous pouvons y parvenir. #ÉnergieDurable #ParcÉolien #SSERenewables #AmbitionClimat #TransitionTerritoriale

🎉 Applications now open for the Lenalea Community Benefit Fund – €90,000 available for Donegal communities! Alongside FuturEnergy Ireland, we're proud to launch the 2024/2025 Lenalea Community Benefit Fund, supporting local groups near Lenalea Wind Farm in Co. Donegal. This marks the first full year of funding, with €90,000 available to support projects that promote: ✅ Economic development ✅ Social resilience ✅ Climate action For the first time, applications are open under the Major Projects Fund, supporting larger capital projects that deliver long-term benefits. 📍 Eligible groups: Charities, community organisations, and social enterprises within 15km of Lenalea Wind Farm (priority given to those within 10km). 📅 Deadline: Friday, 21 November 🔗 Find out more in the link below!

Today, on #GlobalHydropowerDay 2025, we join organisations around the world in celebrating the vital role that hydropower plays in driving the global transition to Net Zero. Led by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), Global Hydropower Day recognises how hydropower supports communities, delivers clean and reliable energy, creates skilled jobs, and strengthens climate resilience. It’s a day to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and look to the future. At SSE plc, hydropower has been at the heart of our operations for decades. Our hydro portfolio totals 1,459MW of installed capacity, including 300MW of pumped storage and 750MW of flexible hydro, providing essential flexibility and reliability to the UK’s renewable energy system. This unrivalled fleet produces over 3TWh of renewable energy annually – enough to typically power over 1 million Scottish and UK homes each year. This year, the iconic Sloy Power Station on the banks of Loch Lomond marks its 75th anniversary — a remarkable legacy of engineering achievement. Sloy continues to play a key role daily in the production of flexible hydroelectric power for consumers. We’re also progressing with improvement works to repower Lochay Hydro Power Station. This £70m investment will further strengthen our operational hydro fleet and extend Lochay’s contribution to clean energy generation by at least another 40 years. We’re also setting the standard in future hydro development. Our proposed Coire Glas pumped storage hydro (PSH) project represents the next generation of sustainable innovation, winning the IHA Blue Planet Prize 2025 in the pumped storage category and becoming the first PSH project in the world to be Gold certified under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard. From Sloy’s historic past and the critical role it plays daily in the present to the pioneering standards Coire Glas is setting for hydro’s future, we’re continuing to lead through innovation, sustainability, and responsible growth — harnessing the power of water to deliver a cleaner energy future.

We’re celebrating the installation of the final turbine at our 17.3MW Puglia Wind Farm, marking a major step forward for SSE plc’s first construction project in Italy. 🇮🇹   Located across the Castel Favorito and Masseria la Cattiva sites, the project features five Siemens Gamesa 132-3.4MW turbines, safely and successfully installed through close collaboration with technicians from the turbine supplier and principal contractor, leading Italian firm IDOKA COSTRUZIONI S.R.L.   At peak construction, the wind farm is supporting around 70 jobs, contributing to the local economy and supply chain in the Puglia region.   With turbine installation now complete, commissioning and testing will begin ahead of commercial operation in 2026.   🌍 This milestone reflects our ongoing commitment to building new clean power assets in selected continental Europe markets. Click the link in the comments below to read more. 🔗