Electricity News in Scotland
| 1/10/2025 - SSEN Transmission has confirmed that temporary road restrictions in Aberdeen to enable work to replace an underground electricity cable will apply from Monday 20 January – not Sunday 12 January as ori... |
| 1/8/2025 - Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (“Quinbrook”), a specialist global investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed for the energy transition, today announced completion of constr... |
| 1/8/2025 - Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm’s Cockenzie substation site will take delivery of two 610 Megavolt-ampere (MVA) super grid transformer units this month – amongst the largest power transformers ever insta... |
| 11/26/2024 - Following discussions with Scottish Borders Council, SP Energy Networks is extending the consultation period for the proposed Cross Border Connection - Gala North to Scottish Border – until the 23rd o... |
| 11/22/2024 - SP Energy Networks has unveiled 19 businesses as preferred partners to its record £5.4bn supply chain contract programme as it turbo charges its electricity network investments. UK supply c... |
| 11/4/2024 - A more creative approach to using power generated locally by tidal energy projects could help businesses and homes around Scotland’s coastline become less reliant on expensive and polluting oil and di... |
| 10/28/2024 - Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies said: "We welcome the joint review of electricity infrastructure consenting in Scotland and the commitment of the UK and Scottish Government's to ensure... |
| 10/16/2024 - Awarding Critical National Infrastructure status to data centres will ensure the UK can deliver the computing capacity to help drive economic growth. Now, it’s crucial to locate these vital assets in ... |
| 10/4/2024 - An historic monument near the Wiltshire village of Coombe Bissett has been enhanced thanks to a collaborative project between Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), Historic England, Wesse... |
| 10/2/2024 - SSEN Distribution’s specialist Subsea team, working with contractor Briggs Marine, has completed the installation and energisation of the new Mainland Orkney to Shapinsay submarine electricity cable.<... |
| 9/3/2024 - SAE is pleased to announce that it has secured a Contract for Difference ("CfD") in the latest Allocation Round ("AR"), for the world leading MeyGen site. These CfD contracts, which guarantee 172 (£/M... |
| 8/29/2024 - In close collaboration with SSEN Transmission, NKT has completed the turnkey project of connecting the Shetland Islands to the main grid in Scotland with the Shetland HVDC Link. The 320 kV HVDC interc... |
| 8/2/2024 - Two people climbing an electrical transmission tower, wearing personal protection equipment. Behind the tower is a rugged landscape in Britain. Ofgem has published its consultation on the E... |
| 7/26/2024 - At Apollo, we’re excited to share an exciting development in our journey for sustainable energy solutions. We are about to begin trials of the PALM Charger. Our Offshore Renewables Director... |
| 7/5/2024 - Isobel Green is a Graduate Trainee who joined SSEN Transmission two years ago as part of our Graduate Programme. She was recently shortlisted for the Energy Champion of the Year award in the Energy Aw... |
| 7/3/2024 - Ocean Winds, the offshore wind joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, announces the first export of electricity from the project, which is under development in Scotland. The injec... |
| 5/16/2024 - Glen Earrach Energy begins community engagement after submitting scoping request to Scottish government for UK’s most efficient pumped storage hydro project. First community engagement event... |
| 3/28/2024 - On Tuesday 12 March, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) released the latest instalment in its ongoing consultation into Renewable Energy Markets Arrangements (REMA). The REMA cons... |
| 3/20/2024 - *The Coire Glas Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme Wider Ground Investigation team has been shortlisted for UK Geotechnical Team of the Year 2024 & Ground Investigation Project of the Year at the Ground Engi... |
| 3/14/2024 - BAM and Siemens Energy are partnering to deliver critical onshore transmission infrastructure for SSEN Transmission, set to safeguard UK’s future energy supply and its transition to a Net Zero economy... |
