My first year with an EV It’s now been a year since I took delivery of my new E-Golf and I have to say, “I absolutely love it”. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed driving a car this much since the 80’s when I was cutting around in my XR3i. The start of my EV journey…
As universities face financial uncertainty, creating an income stream from their energy assets could be an opportunity to provide the financial boost they need With just over a month to go until universities across the UK begin to welcome new and returning students, they are preparing to face an academic year unlike any other. According…
We’re thrilled to be in the driving seat for World EV Day. We know that being a major player in efforts to build a world class electric vehicle [EV] network for the UK is important to SSE Group. In SSE’s recently published Greenprint we unveiled proposals to spearhead a green renewal that included ensuring we…
We’re delighted to support a virtual launch of the largest smart city-wide energy system in the UK. I’ve pre-recorded a video to showcase our role in the highly skilled consortium involved in delivering this project: The £2m Peterborough Integrated Renewables Infrastructure project (PIRI) is being led by Peterborough Council, and aims to cut energy bills…
As some of you may be aware SSE Enterprise, through its subsidiary Forbury Assets Limited, was recently granted an Independent Electricity Distribution (or IDNO) licence by Ofgem. That was a vital milestone for our distributed energy business because it gave us another innovative energy solution we could provide to our clients. Now I’m delighted to…
Local authorities don’t usually garner much sympathy, but it’s hard not to feel some empathy for the challenges they face in the 2020s. Not only do they have to facilitate greater connectivity across towns and cities, but they must contend with the demands of an aging population and help us all transition to a net…
One of the questions that sits at the forefront of our discussions, both within our heat business and with our clients, is how do we get the long term, asset owner and customer engagement perspective into the early stages of heat networks planning and design? You may quite rightly ask why that is so important…
Nathan Sanders, Managing Director for SSE Distributed Energy, puts sustainability at the centre of the distributed energy journey. SSE Group’s vision is to be a leading energy company in a low-carbon world. Its purpose is to provide the energy needed today whilst building a better world of energy for tomorrow. And its strategy is…
Charlie Drysdale, Project Development Manager, details how Heat Networks will play a vital role in Scotland’s decarbonisation agenda. Scotland has legislated to become a net-zero carbon society by 2045, with an interim target of 75 percent reduction by 2030. This ambitious target is five years ahead of the UK-wide 2050 target, and we…
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…
