SSE Launches £10m Hydro Community Benefit Fund
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Project Scotland.
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SSE has launched a new £10 million hydro community benefit fund aimed at supporting projects within areas that host its existing hydro power infrastructure across Scotland.
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The launch comes following the 80th anniversary of the hydro-electric development (Scotland) act of 1943, which enabled the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (NoSHEB) to transform the way people lived and worked through the build of 54 power stations, 78 dams, and over 300km of underground tunnels.
SSE Renewables recently commissioned a report by Biggar Economics which found that the capital investment in hydro over the 80-year period since 1943 is £7.5 billion, supporting over 10,000 jobs annually in Scotland including 5,519 in the Highlands and Islands.
The new hydro community fund will see investment in local communities continue, with SSE Renewables having consulted with community council areas to establish key priorities.
Priorities include improvements to sustainable community transport, affordable housing, growth of small businesses and social enterprises, improvement of community assets and infrastructure, and a focus on community physical and mental well-being through community arts, culture, sports, and recreation.
If the new fund is as successful as the first, I can’t see thee being many complaints.
The Anonymous Widower 