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  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    LexUK energy
    SSE/water batteries: incentives needed to end storage drought Premium content

    Intermittency of renewable sources means urgency is required to meet a challenging 2035 net zero deadline

    An SSE vehicle parked outside the Pitlochry hydro electric power station in Scotland
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    SSE fined almost £10mn for overcharging National Grid

    Ofgem penalty comes as renewable energy makes challenge of balancing electricity network harder

    SSE signage in front of some
  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Lex PopuliUK energy
    Energy stocks: first, select your shade of green

    Diversified SSE powers on despite the energy crisis

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Lex
    SSE: diversity of profit sources proves a boon for utility Premium content

    The chill wind of break-up calls could return, but for now SSE should have done enough to silence its critics

    Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of SSE
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    SSE increases multibillion-pound investment drive in clean energy

    UK power group upgrades financial injection to as much as £40bn

    Electricity pylons in northern England
  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    UK energy
    Energy group SSE wins battle with taxman over Scottish power plant

    Supreme Court rules it can claim capital allowances in case that could boost clean energy

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Energy group SSE lifts profit forecast after prices surge

    Earnings per share expected to be 25% higher than previously expected

    Power lines leading from SSE’s Keadby power station near Scunthorpe, UK
  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    SSE sells £1.5bn stake in electricity transmission network

    Proceeds will be used to fund transition to renewable energy

    An SSE vehicle in Pitlochry, Scotland
  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    SSE profits soar on back of rising energy prices

    UK power group stresses renewables investment ahead of potential windfall tax

    Electricity pylons pictured along with wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    SSE pledges to reinvest windfall profits in UK energy assets

    Group forecasts 25% rise in earnings on back of soaring wholesale power prices

    SSE electricity pylons
  • Saturday, 20 August, 2022
    UK energy
    Electricity generator SSE proposes plan to help with household bills

    Voluntary scheme would see some production sold at fixed prices well below wholesale rates

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Electricity generator SSE warns Sunak over windfall tax threat

    Scottish energy group’s boss rejects government claim of ‘extraordinary’ profits

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    SSE trumpets investment plans in face of UK windfall tax threat

    Scottish energy group’s higher investment target comes alongside increased profit projections

    Steam clouds from a power station
  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    SSE raises profit guidance as energy costs soar

    Renewable power boost and record high prices as a result of Ukraine war lead Scottish group to upgrade forecast

    Steam rises from the SSE Thermal gas fired power station in England
  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Lex
    SSE: results provide more spin than feeble wind speeds Premium content

    Activists are pushing the business to split out its renewable energy operation but a hybrid portfolio has its benefits

    SSE company logo
  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    SSE upgrades profit estimates after gas powers performance

    UK energy group expects full-year adjusted earnings to be ‘at least’ 90p a share

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    Leading SSE investor dismisses Elliott’s call for energy group to split

    Royal London says activist hedge fund’s strategy would cause ‘disruption’ and hurt UK’s net zero ambitions

    Sun sets behind wind turbines in England
  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    UK economy
    UK network operators under scrutiny over Storm Arwen outages

    Business secretary and MPs criticise response with 500 homes still without power as yet more severe weather hits country

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    Why Elliott’s campaign against SSE has time on its side

    Demands by feared activist are innocuous enough but lay foundations for greater change at energy group

    SSE offices in Reading, England
  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Investor activism
    Activist investor Elliott attacks SSE over renewable energy plans

    US hedge fund criticises long-term chief and calls for two new independent directors to join board

    Sign showing SSE logo in front of power lines
  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    SSE picked the messy route to becoming a clean power champion

    The UK energy group cannot resist a renewables split indefinitely

    The SSE logo on a mobile phone screen
  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    SSE rejects Elliott’s call to break up

    UK energy company focuses on plan to increase investment in renewables to £12.5bn

    SSE plans to fund investment in offshore wind farms by selling stakes in its electricity networks businesses
  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
    SSE’s renewable energy output drops almost a third

    Company blames low winds and dry weather for wind and hydro shortfall

    Wind turbines
  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    LexUtilities
    SSE/Elliott: break-up at the mercy of renewables derating Premium content

    A spin-off would be a bet that renewables can maintain their edge

    An SSE van pictured in Pitlochry, Scotland
  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    City Bulletin
    SSE pushes back against Elliott break-up plan

    Plus, Evergrande jitters spread and how women will dominate the labour market

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