SSE Airtricity (previously Eirtricity) is an energy company founded in Ireland in 1997, and now a subsidiary SSE plc. SSE Airtricity supplies and distributes electricity and gas to Northern Ireland and the Republic Of Ireland.

Description

SSE Airtricity is owned by Scottish and Southern Energy as of 15 February 2008 and now describes itself as “the renewable arm of Scottish and Southern Energy Group”.

As of May 2008, the company had 24 wind farms in operation throughout Ireland and the UK, with a total nameplate capacity of over 600 MW. A further 7 wind farms totalling over 100 MW are under construction. Construction of the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm with a peak capacity of 500 MW using 140 x 3.6 MW Siemens turbines.

These included:

Ardrossan Wind Farm, Scotland – now sold to Infinis
Arklow Bank Wind Park, Ireland
Braes of Doune Wind Farm, Scotland
Bindoo wind farm, Ireland
Meentycat wind farm, Ireland
West Kilbride wind farm, Scotland
SSE Airtricity supplies electricity in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to industrial and residential customers.[12][13] In the Republic of Ireland it competes with ESB Electric Ireland and Bord Gáis Energy, while in Northern Ireland it competes with Viridian, Phoenix Natural Gas, Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) and ESB Electric Ireland.