Our full-year results

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16 May 2012
Ian Marchant, our CEO, talks about our full-year results

Energy Bill must deliver an attractive investment climate for UK renewables

15 May 2012

A broad coalition of energy companies have written to Edward Davey Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change outlining real concerns about the Government's proposed 'Contracts for Difference' CFD proposal for subsidising new low carbon investments.

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Latest dividend payment

24p a share on 23 March 2012
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Balancing energy businesses

We are the only company listed on the London Stock Exchange that has economically-regulated businesses like networks and market-based businesses like electricity generation and energy supply in the UK.

SSE at a glance

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Our core purpose is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way; and our strategy is to deliver sustained real growth in the dividend.

Generating electricity from diverse sources

We generate electricity from gas and coal and renewable sources like wind and hydro. This gives us the greatest diversity in fuels for generating electricity among UK generators and the biggest portfolio of renewable energy.

Generation

Wind turbines next to lake.

We are the UK's second largest generation business, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW.

Securing the UK’s and Ireland’s future energy needs

We believe that the UK and Ireland needs to become less vulnerable to high oil and gas prices and to secure the supplies of energy people need in the future.

Generation

Hydro electric dam at Pitlochry

We are the UK's second largest generation business, with a total capacity of just over 11,300MW.

Our full-year results

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16 May 2012
Ian Marchant, our CEO, talks about our full-year results

Annual Report

Our latest annual report

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Latest dividend payment

24p a share on 23 March 2012
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News

We welcome enquiries from professional journalists and provide a 24-hour service for urgent enquiries.

For more information, look at our media contacts section.

SSE 2012 Full Year Results Statement

16 May 2012

Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE said: "SSE has again delivered increases in the full-year dividend and in adjusted profit before tax demonstrates the resilience inherent in its balanced model of market-based and economically-regulated businesses, and the robustness of its strategy of focusing on operations and investment in each of those businesses."

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  • Engineering

    As you would expect, engineering is a core skill at the heart of our organisation. We are keen to speak to candidates with experience or interest in the following areas:

    • Electrical engineering
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Control and instrumentation
    • Structural and civil engineering
    • Project controls and planning
    • Design engineering
    • Wind turbine engineering
    • Process plant engineering
    • Gas boiler maintenance and installation

    We need people to help us grow our business at our locations in the UK and Ireland. If you have the skills to work in an environment that is passionate about safety, innovation, teamwork and excellence in everything we do, and want to be a part of one of the greatest growth industries of the 21st century, we’d like to hear from you.

    Areas you may work in:

    Major projects

    SSE is one of the largest investors in capital projects in the UK. The principal focus of this investment is renewable energy, but we have projects in thermal generation and electricity networks as well.

    Generation 

    We are the UK’s second largest generation business, with an ownership interest in over 100 thermal and renewable power stations, with a total capacity of just over 11,290MW.
    We are the UK’s leading generator of renewable energy, owning and operating almost half of the UK’s total renewable generation capacity, including the UK’s largest wind farm.

    This comprises around:

    4,470MW of gas and oil-fired capacity;
    4,370MW of coal-fired capacity (with bio-mass 'co-firing' capability): and
    2,450MW of renewable (hydro, wind and dedicated biomass) capacity.

    The majority of this capacity is in Great Britain with the remainder in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

    Energy supply

    SSE supplies electricity and gas to over 10 million customers in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.. We are the second largest energy supplier of energy in the UK.

    Home services and contracting

    As well as owning and operating one of the UK’s largest electrical and mechanical contracting companies, SSE also supplies a full range of gas and electrical installation services. Its shield gas boiler, central heating and wiring protection service has 400,000 customers.

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    A control room

    A wind farm at dusk

    A hydro electric dam

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