SSE Renewables is a renewable energy subsidiary of

SSE plc SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. SSE operates in the United Kingdom a ...

, which develops and operates onshore and offshore

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind tur ...

s and hydroelectric generation in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

History

In October 2009, SSE announced that Airtricity would be rebranded as SSE Renewables from 1 January 2010, with the

Airtricity SSE Airtricity (previously Eirtricity) is an energy company founded in Ireland in 1997, and now a subsidiary SSE plc. SSE Airtricity supplies and distributes electricity and gas to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. History The co ...

brand still in existence as an energy supplier in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Description

SSE Renewables is owned by

and describes itself as "the renewable development division of SSE". SSE Renewables operates the Greater Gabbard wind farm off the coast of England, and the

Beatrice wind farm The Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm now known as Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL) project, is a wind farm close to the Beatrice oil field in the Moray Firth, part of the North Sea 13 km off the north east coast of Scotland. History Eval ...

off the coast of Scotland. The company built and operates the 72

megawatt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after Jame ...

(MW) Meentycat wind farm, currently the largest Irish wind farm, supplying 100% renewable electricity to its customers. The company's hydroelectric assets in Scotland include those developed by the

North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (1943–1990) was founded to design, construct and manage hydroelectricity projects in the Highlands of Scotland. It is regarded as one of the major achievements of Scottish politician Thomas Johnston, w ...

, which became

Scottish Hydro Electric Scottish Hydro plc was a public electricity supplier formed on 1 August 1989 after a change of name from North of Scotland Electricity plc on that date. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index ...

in 1989 and merged to form SSE in 1998.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sse Renewables Electric power companies of the Republic of Ireland Wind power companies SSE plc