In September last year SSE decided to support the Glasgow Science Centre’s Powering the Future exhibition.
The £1.5m exhibition first opened its doors to the public in December 2015, and helps to shine a spotlight on the science and technology underpinning the future of energy through its collection of fun and engaging exhibits.
Through feeling the force of wind in a hurricane booth, building a Lego hydroelectric power station, piloting an underwater ROV and generating power in a dance-off, visitors can learn about ways we can harness energy and recognise the benefits and limits of different sources.
The exhibition has proven very popular with visitors over the last six months. Dr Robin Hoyle, Director of Science at the Glasgow Science Centre, said, “The exhibition has been very well received since we opened in December. We’ve had great visitor numbers; in fact, last year was our highest number of visitors ever - we had over 330,000 visitors by April 2016 - and Powering the Future was a great contributor to that increase in numbers.”
The exhibition is almost a year into its five year life span and is expected to welcome up to 1.8 million visitors over that period.
In this short video the Glasgow Science Centre’s Director of Science Dr Robin Hoyle and SSE’s Director Infrastructure and Finance Michelle Hynd, explain a little about the exhibition’s progress and why SSE was interested in being involved.