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SSE Renewables has successfully completed a £50M refurbishment of Tummel Bridge power station in Perthshire, Scotland, increasing its lifespan by 40 years.

The Viking Wind Farm has been paid £10M by the government for its first month of operation, triple its Contracts for Difference (CfD) bid price, while discarding more than 60% of its output, according to new data analysis.

The UK has achieved 30GW of wind power generation capacity following the full powering up of SSE Renewables’ 434MW Viking Wind Farm on the Shetland Islands.

Strabag UK has completed a 1.2km long exploratory tunnel for the Coire Glas large-scale pumped hydro storage scheme in the Highlands.

More than 328km of 66kv inter-array cables have been installed by delivery partners for SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank A, the first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

A consortium of Gilkes Energy and SSE Renewables has announced plans to progress a new 1.8GW capacity pumped storage hydro scheme at Loch Fearna in Scotland’s Great Glen.

SSE Renewables has celebrated the first power generated by its Viking onshore windfarm in Shetland and submitted plans for an 800MW windfarm in the Irish Sea.

The second uncrewed offshore HVDC substation has been installed by Saipem at SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank wind farm, which is set to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

SSE Renewables has announced the completion of Dogger Bank A wind farm has been delayed until 2025 due to issues within the supply chain and poor weather conditions.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has hailed a “fantastic” moment as the under-construction Dogger Bank offshore wind farm - to be the largest in the world - produced power for the first time.