MSP slams OVO Energy over redundancies
An MSP has slammed OVO Energy over its planned redundancies that he says have “betrayed” the company’s employees. Last month, the energy company announced some 1,700 of its employees across the UK will...
View ArticleCapacity market auction cleared at an all-time high price
Price for the T-4 Capacity Market auction for the delivery year 2025-26 has cleared at £30.59 per kW per year. The Capacity Market is a mechanism designed to ensure that electricity supply continues to...
View ArticleScotland’s largest offshore wind farm secures its backbone!
Scotland’s largest fixed bottom offshore wind farm and the world’s deepest, Seagreen, has its backbone ready! The project, which is currently under construction off the Angus coast, saw the...
View ArticleUtility Warehouse appoints OVO’s executive as CCO
Utility Warehouse (UW) has announced the appointment of David Walter as the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the company. Mr Walter was previously VP of Commercial at OVO. He has also worked for...
View ArticleSSE unveils plans for green hydrogen at Scottish wind farm
SSE has unveiled plans to produce and deliver green hydrogen through electrolysis using renewable energy from its Gordonbush onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. Under the plans, green hydrogen...
View ArticleSSE boss says Energy Security Strategy shows ‘welcomed ambition’
The government published its Energy Security Strategy earlier today, with a focus on nuclear, offshore wind expansion and new oil and gas projects the key highlights. SSE’s CEO Alistair Phillips-Davies...
View ArticleSSE Renewables eyes more Dutch offshore wind
SSE Renewables has announced a new partnership with Brookfield to join 1.4GW offshore wind farm zone tenders which are currently underway in the Netherlands. The deal aims to combine SSE Renewables’...
View ArticleNew carbon capture project could give UK economy £1.2bn boost
SSE Thermal and Equinor are developing a power station with carbon capture technology in Peterhead, which could bring £1.2 billion to the UK economy in its lifetime. That’s according to a new report by...
View ArticleSSE to pour £24bn into the UK’s clean energy
SSE has said its investment in Britain’s electricity infrastructure system could total more than £24bn this decade. The energy giant plans to “radically increase” its renewable energy capacity, with an...
View ArticleWill this be the ‘UK’s first’ power station fitted with carbon capture tech?
A proposed project in the Humber could become the UK’s first power station equipped with a carbon capture plant to remove carbon dioxide from its emissions. That follows a Front End Engineering Design...
View ArticleNew partnership looks to create circular wind sector
SSE Renewables, the University of Strathclyde and Renewable Parts have joined forces to make the wind sector in the UK more circular. Most wind replacement parts are sourced from new, which increases...
View ArticleSSE Energy allegedly breaks into home and changes locks to install pre-paid...
An energy company has been slammed after allegedly breaking into a home, changing locks and installing a pre-paid meter. Rachael Holgate and her partner, owners of the property, have claimed that they...
View ArticleGas leak at Scotland’s ‘largest’ wind farm lead to evacuation of workers
The ‘world’s most potent’ greenhouse gas leaked during work at Seagreen offshore wind farm in the North Sea and forced workers to leave the project, it has emerged. It has been reported that in June,...
View ArticleSSE’s profits soar as energy prices rise
SSE’s overall operating profit reached £716 million in the first half of its financial year, nearly double the figure recorded last year. In the six months ending 30th September, the energy company saw...
View ArticleDelay at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm cost SSE £57m
SSE took a £57 million hit due to delays that occurred in the construction phase of one of its most prominent renewable energy projects, the Seagreen offshore wind project off Scotland. Seagreen,...
View ArticleSSE to review green energy spending after levy
SSE has said it will review its renewable energy investment after the introduction of a new levy on profits made by electricity generators. Last week, the government said the Electricity Generator Levy...
View ArticleCrisis triggers social media backlash against energy suppliers
Energy companies fail to respond to “considerable volumes” of online complaints made by vulnerable customers. That’s according to new research by social analytics business, DataEQ, which worked with...
View ArticleCustomers ‘receive £80k energy bills moving from SSE to OVO’
Some customers have received energy bills of up to £80,000 after OVO took over SSE. One of them, Andy Liggins saw on his smart meter that he was paying £79,580.45 per hour for gas – he wrote on...
View ArticleSSE to sell 25% stake in transmission business for £1.5bn
Energy giant SSE has struck a deal to sell a 25% minority stake in its electricity transmission network business, SSEN Transmission, to Ontario Teachers’, a Canadian pension fund. The £1.5 billion...
View ArticleWindfall tax makes energy supply less certain, warns SSE boss
The chief of SSE has warned that the government’s new windfall tax on electricity generators could threaten the UK’s energy security. This concern was shared by the leading trade association Energy Uk...
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