Scottish Hydro Electric
Scottish and Southern Energy | |
Headquarters | Perth, Scotland, UK |
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Products | Gas and Electricity |
Website | www |
Scottish Hydro plc was a public electricity supplier formed on 1 August 1989 after a change of name from North of Scotland Electricity plc on that date. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but merged with Southern Electric in 1998.
History
The company was formed on 1 April 1989 to acquire the assets of the
Operations
The Scottish Hydro name was used as a
Successors
The Scottish Hydro brand continued in use for a time after the 1998 merger but SSE later used its own brand throughout the UK. Since the purchase of SSE's retail business by OVO Energy in 2020, the Scottish Hydro brand is a trading name of OVO Electricity Limited.[3]
Fuel sources
The fuel sources used by SSE Energy Supply to generate power during the year 2015-16[4] and 2021-22[5] were as follows:
Fuel | 2015-16 | 2021-22 | ||
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% of Total | GB average (for comparison) |
% of Total | GB average (for comparison) | |
Coal | 25% | 17% | 0% | 3.8% |
Natural Gas | 35% | 32% | 70.1% | 38.5% |
Nuclear | 7% | 24% | 0% | 16.1% |
Sun, wind, water | 29% | 24% | 29.9% | 38.7% |
Other | 4% | 3% | 0% | 2.9% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
References
- ^ "Two electric suppliers in Britain to merge". New York Times. 2 September 1998. Archived from the original on 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Power cuts across Scotland after storms". BBC. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Trading names". SSE. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ SSE fuel mix disclosure, retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "SSE Fuel Mix Disclosure" (PDF). SSE Energy Services. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2022.
External links
- Official website (archived 10 February 1998)