SSE Energy Solutions

SSE Energy Solutions, energy and low-carbon solutions for British businesses

SSE Energy Solutions is an energy supplier focused on the British business market. It supplies electricity and gas to businesses and, beyond supply, offers a range of low-carbon solutions and energy management services. The company is part of the SSE Group and reports a workforce of 1,800 people across Great Britain, with a heritage spanning more than 80 years.

According to its own presentation, it serves more than a quarter of a million business supply points across Great Britain. Its proposition combines energy supply with control tools and technical services, with the stated aim of helping businesses manage costs and emissions.

Energy plans for SMEs and large organisations

The company structures its supply offering according to the size and complexity of the customer. For small and medium-sized enterprises it offers fixed-price plans, with renewable energy included as standard. For larger organisations it proposes energy purchasing tailored to their demand and risk management arrangements.

Among the options aimed at large consumers are fixed or flexible price plans, corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs), and trading and hedging solutions. The company also mentions electricity connections, green gas options, and electricity backed by Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates from SSE's own British wind and hydro assets, which provides traceability for market-based Scope 2 emissions reporting.

Energy solutions: solar, batteries, and smart buildings

Beyond supply, SSE Energy Solutions offers a set of technical solutions for business premises:

• Solar for businesses, with fully funded and ownership options, to make use of unused roof or ground space.
• Batteries and on-site storage solutions at the customer's site.
• Building energy management systems, aimed at controlling building performance with actionable data.
• Waste heat recovery and heat and cooling networks.
• Energy efficiency assessment and rating.
• Power infrastructure and sustainable data centres.

The company presents these solutions as a complement to supply, with the aim of reducing consumption and emissions at the customer's facilities.

Smart meters and consumption control

The company offers smart meters combined with information and energy management tools, which allow the customer to gain a clearer view of their consumption and exercise greater control over it. In the regulatory sphere, it also includes the Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement service.

Clients and projects cited

Among the cases the company highlights is its collaboration with Surrey County Cricket Club and The Kia Oval, a sports venue for which it carried out a full energy audit and where it is now working on incorporating more solar energy, with efficiency measures and actions to engage fans and the community.

The company also publishes content about projects and programmes it participates in, such as RE:FIT 5, aimed at decarbonising the public sector; the Aire Valley heat network, which uses waste heat; and an initiative with Scenic Skate Shop in its local community. It also notes that it is celebrating ten years of verified renewable electricity.

Backing of the SSE Group

SSE Energy Solutions presents itself as part of the SSE Group, whose activities include renewable generation. The company mentions group projects such as the Dogger Bank and Berwick Bank offshore wind farms, the Coire Glas pumped storage in the Scottish Highlands, and a grid-scale battery in North Yorkshire. The company traces the group's origins back almost eight decades, to the north of Scotland, with the electrification of remote areas of the Highlands and the construction of more than 50 hydro dams connected by hundreds of kilometres of tunnels and pipelines.