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DONG Energy buys SSE’s offshore wind stakes
DONG Energy has taken full control of three offshore wind projects in Denmark after buying the remaining 50% stakes from joint venture partner SSE. The Den Helder 1, Breeveertien II and West-Rijn...
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SSE confirms £50 energy price cut for customers
SSE has confirmed an average price cut of 3.5% for gas and electricity, finally passing on the green tax savings to its customers. A typical annual dual fuel householder will see their energy bill...
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SSE pledges free efficiency measures with £5.4m scheme
Power supplier SSE has pledged to help Scottish householders cut their energy bills with the launch of a £5.4 million initiative. It is working with eight local authorities across Scotland to roll out...
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Highlands wind farm wins planning consent
SSE’s generation business won planning permission for a 32 turbine wind farm in the Caledonian mountains today. The Bhlaraidh wind farm near the Great Glen Way (pictured), a favourite route for...
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SSE set for £1.5bn energy profits despite losing customers
SSE said it is on course to see profits increase by 8.8% to £1.54 billion despite losing thousands of customers following price hikes. The energy giant said it ended the year with 9.2 million...
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SSE creates new MD role for domestic energy
Scottish power supplier SSE has created a new post to deal purely with domestic energy supply. SSE appointed Jane Bednall to lead the Domestic Energy team as Managing Director after it split the...
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SSE bags £8.3m for energy efficiency trial
The UK subsidiary of energy giant SSE has been awarded funding worth £8.3 million by Ofgem to trial a local energy efficiency initiative in the Solent. SSE Power Distribution (SSEPD) has joined forces...
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Wind off the radar after air traffic control deal
A pair of air traffic radars is going to be upgraded so wind turbines won’t interfere with them. It means wind farms should no longer be rejected for certain areas near them. That’s after a deal...
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Automatic refund for SSE’s direct debit customers
Direct debit customers with more than £5 credit at the end of their yearly billing cycle will automatically be paid the amount, SSE has announced. Automatic refunds were previously only made on...
View ArticleWind off the radar after air traffic control deal
A pair of air traffic radars is going to be upgraded so wind turbines won’t interfere with them. It means wind farms should no longer be rejected for certain areas near them. That’s after a deal...
View ArticleAutomatic refund for SSE’s direct debit customers
Direct debit customers with more than £5 credit at the end of their yearly billing cycle will automatically be paid the amount, SSE has announced. Automatic refunds were previously only made on...
View ArticleOfgem probes two electricity network firms over Christmas blackouts
Ofgem has launched an investigation into electricity network companies SSE and UK Power Networks (UKPN) over their poor performance during the blackouts caused by storms last Christmas. The watchdog is...
View ArticleFirst power generated from Hunterston turbine test facility
First power has been exported from the first three turbines at the offshore turbine test facility at Hunterston on the North Ayrshire coast. The project is the UK’s first testing site for offshore...
View ArticleBold SSE freezes energy prices to 2016
Scottish energy supplier SSE today threw down the gauntlet to other suppliers by freezing its energy prices until “at least” January 2016. The company which supplies 9 million customers is also...
View ArticleSSE pulling out of wind projects
SSE is pulling out of an offshore wind farm and won’t be investing in a number of others it has a hand in. The news will take a little wind out of the sails of the UK industry which was on a high...
View ArticleSSE has shown ‘Big Six can cut costs and profits’
The Government believes energy company SSE’s announcement to freeze gas and electricity prices until 2016 has shown that large energy suppliers “are able to cut their costs and profits”. Energy...
View ArticleEnergy competition inquiry ‘will help set public confidence’
The investigation into competition in the energy market “will help set public confidence” in the industry, some of the Big Six suppliers said. Energy provider npower believes the investigation is...
View ArticleForth Energy pulls out of £1.1bn biomass projects
An energy company confirmed it has shelved plans to develop three major biomass projects worth £1.1 billion in Scotland. Forth Energy said it won’t be continuing with the renewable energy projects in...
View ArticleSSE: “Faulty meters may have overcharged customers”
Energy supplier SSE has admitted some of its customers may have been overcharged by faulty meters. As many as 8,000 customers could have been affected by a manufacturing fault in a batch of Economy 10...
View ArticleSSE profits rise 9.6%
Scottish supplier SSE’s overall profits before tax rose 9.6% to £1,551.1 million last year. The company put this down “mainly” to cash made back after investing in drilling for gas and major network...
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