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Find out more about SSE

SSE’s purpose is to responsibly provide the energy and related services needed now and in the future. It aims to be a leading provider of energy and related services in a low-carbon world. Its strategy is to create value for shareholders and society from developing, owning and operating energy and related infrastructure and services in a sustainable way. These are the four pillars of the SSE strategy. Delivery of this strategy is dependent on the shared talent, skills and values of people throughout SSE.

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Creating value for shareholders and society

SSE’s vision is to be a leading energy provider in a low-carbon world. To achieve this we have set four fundamental goals for 2030 which put sustainability at heart of SSE’s business strategy. These goals aren’t just important to SSE, they matter to everyone – that’s why they are directly linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Find out more about how we are building a better world of energy for the future in this section of the website.

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Investing in Communities

SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which we live and work. We understand we must contribute positively to this society by being an active contributor to the communities that we are part of.

This section of our website provides examples and case studies of how we serve the communities we operate in.

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Our strategy

SSE's strategy is to deliver the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of economically-regulated and market-based businesses in energy production, storage, transmission, distribution, supply and related services in the energy markets in Great Britain and Ireland.

Atwick

Atwick is a gas storage facility near Hornsea on the East Yorkshire Coast. There are nine caverns which provide the UK with gas storage capacity.

SSE also owns and operates Aldbrough Gas Storage facility, located further along the east coast.

To form caverns such as those at Aldbrough and Hornsea, salt deposits around 2km underground are leaches out by seawater which, in turn, is replaced (dewatered) by gas under pressure.

Due to current market conditions, SSE took the decision to mothball some of the caverns at the Atwick site.

During this mothballing, a life extension project will be undertaken to enable the caverns to be retained in a good condition, and used again in the future if market conditions change.

November 2018

Further works as part of the Atwick Life Extension project will commence in November 2018, on cavern 10. There will be a Christmas break for the whole project team between 21 December and 2 January. Works will then restart in early January 2019 and be ongoing throughout February, March and April.

April 2018

Works on the life extension project began in April 2018, followed by further works towards the end of 2018.