SSE Thermal Managing Director, Finlay McCutcheon, discusses the need for flexibility in the clean power system and SSE Thermal's role in delivering it.

In total, SSE has provisionally secured agreements for 4,591MW of de-rated* electricity generation capacity for the delivery year which runs from 1 October 2028 to 30 September 2029. 

The provisional results of the latest T-1 capacity auction in Great Britain were published on Wednesday 5 March, with a total of 7,936MW in capacity agreements awarded to capacity market units at an auction clearing price of £20/kW. 

SSE Thermal, part of the integrated energy group SSE plc, has taken a final investment decision to build Tarbert Next Generation Power Station – opening a new chapter in the site’s proud energy story. 

In total, SSE has secured contracts for 547MW of de-rated electricity generation capacity* for the delivery year which runs from 30 September 2028 to 30 September 2029.  

SSE and Equinor have confirmed that they will submit additional environmental assessments around the proposed Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station.

We’ve welcomed more than a dozen new graduates to SSE Thermal – with the intake set to play key roles in delivering the flexibility needed in the energy system of today and tomorrow.

SSE has welcomed the launch of UK's first carbon capture sites and called for an acceleration of additional projects which will support delivery of a clean power system.