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SSE Renewables celebrates 20 years of community funds in Ireland totaling €12.3 million of investment

SSE is celebrating 20 years of providing community funding support in Ireland with the publication of a report which shows the leading renewable energy generator has directly invested over €12 million so far from its onshore wind farms into rural Irish communities.

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  • SSE Renewables publishes 2024 Sustainability Report

    SSE Renewables contributed over £2bn to the UK and Irish economies over its last financial year and supported 16,000 green jobs, analysis by PwC finds.

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  • Community consultation opens for Dogger Bank D

    Members of the public are invited to have their say in the coming weeks on a potential fourth phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, Dogger Bank D.

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  • Drumnahough successful in Ireland’s fourth onshore RESS auction

    Donegal project is a 50/50 co-development from SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland.

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Offshore wind 10 Sep 2024
Community consultation opens for Dogger Bank D

Members of the public are invited to have their say in the coming weeks on a potential fourth phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, Dogger Bank D.

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Offshore wind 27 Aug 2024
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm’s DCO application accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate

North Falls Offshore Wind Farm’s (North Falls) Development Consent Order (DCO) application has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Offshore wind 22 Aug 2024
Incident at Dogger Bank Wind Farm

An update from the project

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Onshore wind

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Onshore wind 10 Sep 2024
Drumnahough successful in Ireland’s fourth onshore RESS auction

Donegal project is a 50/50 co-development from SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland.

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Onshore wind 29 Aug 2024
Landmark moment as SSE powers up Viking Wind Farm on Shetland

SSE has reached a landmark milestone in its onshore wind portfolio, with construction of the Viking Wind Farm in Shetland now complete.

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Onshore wind 29 Aug 2024
Appointments to SSE Renewables Executive Committee

SSE Renewables has announced two new appointments to its Executive Committee, as it continues to focus on accelerating growth and leading the transition to a net zero future.

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Solar and Battery

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Solar and Battery 29 Aug 2024
Appointments to SSE Renewables Executive Committee

SSE Renewables has announced two new appointments to its Executive Committee, as it continues to focus on accelerating growth and leading the transition to a net zero future.

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Solar and Battery 17 Jul 2024
Final batteries installed at Ferrybridge BESS' and the below accompanying text

We recently completed the installation of 136 battery units at our 150MW Ferrybridge battery energy storage facility in West Yorkshire.

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Solar and Battery 17 Jul 2024
SSE granted planning permission for Richfield Solar Farm in Wexford

Seal of approval for SSE Renewables’ first solar project in Ireland

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Hydro

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Hydro 29 Aug 2024
Appointments to SSE Renewables Executive Committee

SSE Renewables has announced two new appointments to its Executive Committee, as it continues to focus on accelerating growth and leading the transition to a net zero future.

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Hydro 09 Aug 2024
Milestone for SSE’s Coire Glas as exploratory tunnel now complete

Exploratory tunnelling at the site of what would be the UK’s first large-scale pumped storage scheme to be developed in 40 years is now complete.

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Hydro 22 Jul 2024
SSE and Gilkes Energy announce joint plans to progress Loch Fearna pumped storage hydro project

SSE has announced plans to progress a new pumped storage hydropower scheme at Loch Fearna in Scotland’s Great Glen, in a 50:50 development joint venture with a consortium led by Gilkes Energy.

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Communities

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Communities 16 Sep 2024
SSE Renewables celebrates 20 years of community funds in Ireland totaling €12.3 million of investment

SSE is celebrating 20 years of providing community funding support in Ireland with the publication of a report which shows the leading renewable energy generator has directly invested over €12 million so far from its onshore wind farms into rural Irish communities.

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Communities 28 Aug 2024

Large turnout for Irish National Sheep Dog Trials in Donegal

The 2024 Irish National Sheep Dog Trials, held in Clonmany on Donegal’s Inishowen Peninsula from August 22nd to 24th, were a resounding success, attracting a crowd of over 1,500 spectators from across Ireland and further afield over the course of three days.

Europe

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Europe 27 Aug 2024
First Turbine up at Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm

Construction milestone marks installation of SSE’s first onshore wind turbine in Southern Europe

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Europe 12 Feb 2024
SSE Renewables begins construction of its first onshore wind farm in Spain

Leading low-carbon energy company SSE has begun construction of the circa 64MW Jubera onshore wind farm in the La Rioja region of Spain.

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Europe 10 Nov 2023
SSE Renewables breaks ground at Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye wind farm

SSE Renewables has marked breaking ground on the Chaintrix-Bierges and Vélye Wind Farm, its first onshore wind farm in construction in France, with a ceremony attended by elected representatives and supply chain partners.

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