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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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