Kevin Welstead, Sector Director Electric Vehicles, SSE Enterprise. News that the Treasury is making available a funding scheme worth £400m to bolster Britain’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure is extremely welcome and confirms legislators are serious about our low carbon future. The funds will help create 3,000 new rapid charge points, which can halve the charging…
Charlie Drysdale, Project Development Manager SSE Enterprise Heat and Distributed Energy, shares his views on the new Heat Networks Bill being proposed by the Scottish Government. It was hugely encouraging to see the steps the Scottish Government will take to do something about the ‘climate emergency’ we all face in its new programme for…
SSE is rightly thinking big when it comes to playing its part in tackling climate change and becoming a truly low carbon energy company of the future. But good things come in all shapes and sizes and I believe that our newly created Distributed Energy [DE] business in Enterprise will also have a major say…
Kevin Welstead, EV Sector Director SSE Enterprise has written in Utility Week on how more must be done to support the rollout of electric buses. Whilst UK drivers are now broadly aware of the benefits of electric vehicles, many are still being held back by range anxiety issues when it comes to switching from pumps…
The way in which we heat our homes will see the most radical change as Ireland strives to improve its climate performance, writes SSE Enterprise’s Giles Newton This article originally appeared in Ireland’s Housing Magazine. Giles Newton, Heat Networks Business Development Manager for UK & Ireland. Climate change is having a profound effect on the…
Rochelle Dickson, Head of Customer Services at SSE Enterprise Utilities, sets out the case for adoption of the existing Heat Trust practices as the new framework for heat network regulation. Claire Perry, Minister of State for BEIS, has publicly stated that the UK heat network market will need to: ‘transform on the basis of…
Having supported this very successful event in London, we always knew it would be good to take it northwards. Though thanks is worth repeating for a handful of attendees that did traipse all the way south. The event was full, discussion valuable, and feedback very positive. “This is a great opportunity to share the experiences and…
The Committee on Climate Change, which advises Government on emissions targets, has made the headlines recently with its stark warning that unless UK homes urgently adopt more rigorous low-carbon standards, the UK will miss its 2050 carbon target. SSE Enterprise can help make it a reality. Jody Pittaway Sector Director – SSE Enterprise Heat…
If the term ‘Smart Cities’ feels like it’s been around for ages that’s probably because it has. A smart city is essentially a set of building blocks brought together to deliver additional value. The challenge is knowing which blocks to bring together, when, why, and how. Some local authorities are still struggling with the ‘why.’…
Richard Cave-Bigley, Director of Distributed Generation and Storage, gives his view on the future of Distributed Energy in the UK. I was fortunate to speak at Westminster this week [not on Brexit thankfully] at a Winter Reception hosted by The Association for Decentralised Energy [ADE]. It proved a welcome opportunity to focus on the positive…
