SSE Renewables has donated £10m to community groups across the UK and Ireland, the company’s largest ever investment into local communities.

The donation recognises the growth of renewable assets being built to achieve a net-zero future and the support that has been provided to communities when they need it most during the pandemic.

The publication of the company’s annual Community Investment Review shows the support SSE Renewables has made to local communities in the last year. A total of 1,023 community projects have been supported covering diverse initiatives as building community-owned housing in the Scottish Highlands to funding education scholarships for students from Northern Ireland and improving outdoor sports grounds in Connemara, Ireland.

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic SSE Renewables had committed to providing 10 per cent of the annual awards from its funds to support rural areas to cope with the Covid emergency. As the scale of the impact became clear the company invested over £2m towards pandemic-related projects across the UK and Ireland, helping groups in locations ranging from Sutherland in Scotland to Derry City in Northern Ireland and West Limerick in Ireland combat the impacts of the crisis.

In addition to community support from SSE Renewables’ operational wind energy assets across Ireland and the UK, the last year has seen the start of construction of new projects highlighting the role renewables play in supporting a green recovery and achieving a net-zero future.

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