SSE to Build New Wind Turbines in Scotland; To Shut Down Last Coal Plant
January 31 2020 - 2:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Adriano Marchese
SSE PLC (SSE.LN) said Friday that it will build new wind
turbines in Scotland and that it is on course to cease production
at its last coal-fired power plant.
The FTSE 100 energy company said that it would invest in the
construction of 11 new turbines at its Gordonbush onshore windfarm
in north Scotland. It also said that it is on track to cease
production at its last coal-fired generation plant at Fiddlers
Ferry in England by the end of March 2020.
It said that work is continuing on the sale of gas production
assets, but noted that a transaction wouldn't be completed in
fiscal 2020.
SSE said it continues to expected adjusted earnings per share--a
metric which excludes exceptional costs--for fiscal 2020 to be in
the range of 83 pence and 88 pence but cautioned it is subject to
hydro and wind assets benefiting from normal weather
conditions.
"The first nine months of the financial year have been generally
positive for SSE, and we are on course to deliver our fiscal 2020
financial forecasts," Finance Director Gregor Alexander said.
Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com
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