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Investing For The Future
  • Investing for the future

  • Investing in our energy future
    The energy industry has gone through a period of huge change over the past couple of decades. 20 years ago, gas and electricity companies operated in a monopoly market and there were no commercial wind farms in operation in the UK. Yet the change in the years to come, with the introduction of smart metering and the need to decarbonise the way we generate electricity, will be even more significant.

    To ensure that we are at the forefront of industry development, we have made investments in over 20 small and medium sized businesses. They provide renewable, sustainable and energy efficiency products and expertise which supports our current activity and equips us to tackle the UK’s energy future.

    Investment portfolio 

    We invest in early-stage, near-to-market and established businesses. We sometimes invest exclusively, or co-invest with key strategic industry and financial partners.
     

            Link to Vital Energi website (opens in a new window)  Turnkey community heating and CHP system design and delivery
                   Link to Geothermal International website (opens in a new window)  Turnkey heat pump services
     Link Intelligent Energy website (opens in a new window)  Joint venture with Intelligent Energy Ltd developing a fuel cell CHP technology
     Link to Intelligent Energy website (opens in a new window)  PEM fuel cell, fuel processing, hydrogen generation and desulphurisation technology development
     Link to Green Highland website (opens in a new window)  Small and medium-scale hydro electric scheme development
     Link to Aquamarine Power website (opens in a new window) 

    Wave energy technology and site development

           Link to inSource Energy website (opens in a new window)  Waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion project development
     Link to Logan Energy website (opens in a new window)  Fuel cell supply and installation
            Solar - investing for the future  Solar thermal and photovoltaic supply and installation
     Premium - investing for the future  Flow battery design, manufacture, supply and installation
             Onzo - investing for the future  Energy visualisation and data handling product and service development
             Anesco image - investing for the future 

    Energy efficiency and renewables service provider

          Smarter - investing for the future  Active network management for the electrical grid
             Cyberhawk - investing for the future  Unmanned aerial vehicles for inspections and surveys
     Water - investing for the future  Grey water recycling and heat recovery system development
                   Bifab - investing for the future  Manufacturer of fabrication for the offshore oil, gas and renewables industries
     Sigma - investing for the future  Funds focused on the renewable energy sector, managed by Sigma Capital Group
     VPVP - investing for the future  Fund focused on the clean energy technology sector, managed by VantagePoint Capital Partners


    In addition to our Perth-based investment team, we have an office in Asia which provides a gateway to the Asian markets. We welcome investment proposals from the UK, Ireland, Europe, the US and Asia.

  • Contact our Ventures team

    Phone: +44 (0)1738 456253 or +44 (0)01738 457363 

    Email: ventures@sse.com 

  • We have invested in:

    • Micro generation (solar, heat pumps, small scale CHP)
    • Wave energy
    • District heating and CHP
    • Small and medium-scale hydro
    • Fuel cells
    • Energy storage
    • Smart grid systems
    • Water recycling