Two senior SNP MPs have had a closer look at what could become Scotland’s first flexible power station equipped with carbon capture technology.

The joint acquisition of Triton Power by SSE Thermal and Equinor from Energy Capital Partners officially completed today.

A landmark project in the Humber which could become the UK’s first power station equipped with carbon capture technology has taken a major leap forward following an announcement by the UK Government today.

The global energy landscape could not be more complex. By contrast, SSE Thermal’s vision couldn’t be simpler: to be the leading provider of flexible energy in a net zero world.  That means managing our business today to help keep the lights on while transforming our business to provide that same flexibility without the associated carbon emissions in the future.

SSE Thermal can confirm it has sold its Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station site in the north-west of England to regeneration company Peel NRE. The iconic coal-fired power station, located in Warrington, officially closed in March 2020 after almost half a century of energy generation.

Today is International Women in Engineering Day, and we’re shining a spotlight on some of the brilliant female engineers working within SSE Thermal. As a company with several flexible power stations and gas storage sites across the UK and Ireland, we rely heavily on engineers to find solutions to the many challenges thrown up on a daily basis, while also developing solutions to our longer-term decarbonisation efforts.