SSE Renewables is a
renewable energy
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
subsidiary of
SSE plc, which develops and operates onshore and offshore
wind farm
A wind farm, also called a wind park 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 turbines covering an exten ...
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 brand still in existence as an energy supplier in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Description
SSE Renewables is owned by
SSE plc 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 an offshore 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.
Hi ...
off the coast of Scotland. The company built and operates the 72
megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), 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 quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work ...
(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, which became
Scottish Hydro Electric in 1989 and merged to form SSE in 1998.
References
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Electric power companies of the Republic of Ireland
Wind power companies
SSE plc