2020 marked a positive year for EVs: a promising four-fold increase in sales against 2019, confirming that the electric revolution is upon us. However, the lack of public charging infrastructure remains a key barrier to the mass uptake of EVs, unable to keep pace with the increase in EVs volume. Although we know that most…
Nathan Sanders, Managing Director SSE Distributed Energy When it comes to understanding and meeting your energy needs, we pride ourselves on not standing still. That’s why at SSE we’re refreshing our brand to bring together SSE Business Energy to sit alongside our Distributed Energy division. It’s all part of our ‘whole system’ approach to…
The next year looks set to be a pivotal year for both SSE and the fight against climate change. As one of the principal partners with the UK Government for next year’s COP26 UN climate change conference, SSE is ideally placed to showcase its role in driving the decarbonisation agenda. It’s no surprise that…
Andy MacPherson, Director of Smart Cities and Places Anyone who has spent time at SSE’s HQ near Perth will be aware of the incredible history of the city. But did you know ‘the fair city’ now harbours ambitions of becoming the most sustainable small city in Europe? In fact, Perth has plans to become Scotland’s…
Bold action by governments, businesses and society is needed in the battle to stop climate change. We all must work together to deliver a net zero future and – now more than ever – it is vital we “build back greener” from the coronavirus pandemic. That’s why we’re proud to be partnering with the UK…
We fired a few questions at Dr. Amish Poonyth, Lead Optimisation Specialist for SSE Enhanced Digital Services, to further understand what benefit the Enhance Platform can provide to the Bus2Grid project. What flexibility services does SSE offer for energy assets? The Enhance Platform provides the capability of remotely monitoring, controlling and dispatching assets near real time…
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…