Scottish energy supplier SSE will be bumping up its household energy prices by an average of 9% from October. Unveiling the “unavoidable” price hike for electricity and gas today, the supplier blamed the move on wholesale prices and the rising cost of transporting energy through pipes and wires, as well as having to pay for […]

Energy companies and businesses have welcomed Government’s proposals to offer cheaper deals to consumers and help cut their bills. The initiative put forward by the Deputy Prime Minister today will enable consumers to contact energy companies and ask for the best tariff available. They will also be provided information on the best deals when their […]

Britain’s Big Six energy firms will have to tell their customers if they can get a cheaper energy tariff under new plans revealed by the Deputy Prime Minister today. Nick Clegg claims the new policy could save millions of people money on their bills. The major energy suppliers, EDF, E.ON, British Gas, npower, SSE and ScottishPower […]

The UK’s first all-in-one centre for hiring, parking and free charging electric cars opened to the public in Glasgow today. That’s according to energy supplier SSE, which set up the centre at its Scottish Hydro Centre for Renewable Excellence. The opening coincides with the launch of an interactive exhibition about renewable energy in Scotland’s unofficial […]

UK energy heavyweights SSE have announced they are now capable of producing over 1GW of electricity from onshore wind for the first time. The company says progress from sites such as Clyde, Griffin and Gordonbush in Scotland and Slieve Kirk in Northern Ireland have helped them make the landmark achievement. Ian Marchant, SSE’s Chief Executive […]

Energy provider SSE has officially opened its carbon capture and storage plant at Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire. The project, which is a collaboration with Doosan Power Systems and Vattenfall, is the first of its size to be integrated into a live power plant in the UK and captures 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide per day […]

Scottish and Southern Energy boss Ian Marchant said the company revolutionised the way it sells energy in order to end predatory pricing and regain consumer trust. The company announced it wouldauction100% of its power on the UK’s day-ahead wholesale marketandbuy allitselectricity from the same source. SSE Chief Executive Ian Marchant said: “Energy needs to be […]

Scottish and Southern Energy have become the latest supplier to increase their domestic prices. From 14 September, its household electricity bills will increase by 11% and gas will increase by 18%. The company follows Scottish Power and British Gas who both announced similar rises in June and July. SSE say their typical dual fuel bill […]

Scottish and Southern Energy wants to build a carbon capture and storage project at its gas-fired power station in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Shell UK and Petrofac subsidiary CO2 DeepStore will also be participating in the project by providing the offshore transport and storage elements. The project will design and develop a full chain, post-combustion CCS facility […]

The boss of SSE Scottish and Southern Energy said that today’s Electricity Market Reform must deliver “an appropriate risk/reward balance for investment” in all low-carbon technologies. Chief executive Ian Marchant said: “The first test of EMR [Electricity Market Reform] is that the value of existing investments is protected as the market is reformed and it […]