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SSE and National Grid pilot project to use electricity transformers to heat homes

Stuart Mitchell

SSE Energy Solutions and National Grid have today unveiled an innovative new project that could decarbonise heat networks, capturing waste heat from electricity transformers to generate hot water and space heating for homes and businesses. It is estimated that the heat recovery project will initially reduce heat network carbon emissions by more than 40% versus traditional gas-led systems. Critically, the technology offers a route to net-zero heat when applied to transformers served by 100% renewable electricity from wind or solar farms. The project has the potential to save millions of…

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SSE announces £2bn boost for net zero

Stuart Mitchell

SSE plans to invest around £2bn largely in low carbon power projects this year and is weighing up further investments as the UK prepares to host COP26. The company has created more than 1,000 jobs during the pandemic and expects to build on this number in 2021-22. This investment is part of a £7.5bn investment plan to 2025 including building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank, Scotland’s largest at Seagreen and up to £2.8bn to be invested (by 2026) in connecting up huge swathes of new renewable…

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SSE to treble renewables output to lead net zero charge

Stuart Mitchell

Leading low-carbon energy company SSE has unveiled plans to treble its renewable output by 2030, and set out its aspiration to add 1GW a year of new renewables capacity by the second half of the decade. The update comes as the Prime Minister sets out his 10-point plan to build back greener and attract private sector investment in decarbonisation. The FTSE-listed business, which was confirmed on Monday as a Principal Partner to the UK Government on the COP26 UN climate conference, has already pledged to spend £7.5bn – £4m every…

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SSE publishes Just Transition strategy

Stuart Mitchell

SSE has broken new ground to be the first company to publish a “Just Transition” plan, which will help to protect workers and communities as the UK moves towards net zero. The business committed to publish the strategy following engagement with investors at its AGM in August this year. Supporting a Just Transition outlines how SSE will approach the social implications of delivering net zero; from jobs and training, to working with communities and ensuring no one is left behind. SSE’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Rachel McEwen, said: “The transition to…

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SSE increases low-carbon ambition with new Science Based carbon targets

Stuart Mitchell

SSE plc has set a new series of comprehensive carbon targets, aligned to the 2016 Paris Agreement, and validated by the Science Based Target initiative, which will see SSE strive to cut emissions further and faster.   They are designed to ensure that SSE has a credible and verified target that shows a clear line of sight towards a well-below 2°C global warming trajectory.  Under the new series of targets: SSE aims to reduce its direct Scope 1 GHG emissions by 60% to 120g CO2e/kWh by 2030 from a 2018 base year (300g CO2e/kWh), stretching its previous target to reduce carbon intensity by 50% to 150g CO2e/kWh; SSE also commits to cut…

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