| Company type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | June 2020[1] |
| Headquarters | Reading, England, UK |
Area served | |
| Services | Power generation |
Number of employees | 600[2] |
| Parent | SSE plc |
| Website | www |
SSE Thermal is thethermal power generation subsidiary of British companySSE plc.[3]
SSE Thermal operates several thermal power stations across the United Kingdom and Ireland that provide electricity to theNational Grid andEirGrid respectively. It operatedFerrybridge 'C 'power station andFiddlers Ferry power station until 2016 and 2020 respectively, SSE having decided in 2017 to end its UK coal power generation. It now focuses on generation of electricity from waste andnatural gas.[2]
In 2010,SSE announced that it would purchaseEndesa Generation's Irish power generation business for €320 million in cash plus an estimated €43 million for working capital. Endesa Ireland's assets included plants in operation, under construction and with consent for development.[4]
The deal included four operating plants: the 620 MW fuel oilTarbert Power Station inCounty Kerry; the 240 MW fuel oilGreat Island Power Station inCounty Wexford; the 104 MW peaking gas oilTawnaghmore Power Station inCounty Mayo; and the 104 MW peaking gas oilRhode Power Station inCounty Offaly.
A 460 MW CCGT plant was at the time under construction at Great Island, and was commissioned in 2014, when the older 240 MW fuel oil unit was decommissioned. SSE invested €125 million over three years to complete construction of the plant.
The acquisitions also included three options for the future development of power generation plants in Ireland. These are a proposed 450 MW CCGT plant at Tarbert, which received full planning permission in 2010; a development site at Lanesboroin,County Longford, and a development site atShannonbridge, County Offaly.[5]
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