Britain’s SSE plans $28 billion in grid investments from 2026-2031

LONDON (Reuters) – SSE’s power network arm SSEN Transmission plans to invest at least 22 billion pounds ($28.03 billion) in grid infrastructure from April 1 2026 to March 31 2031, it said on Tuesday.

Britain has a target to decarbonise its electricity sector by 2030 which will require a rapid increase in renewable electricity generation and also huge investments in infrastructure to connect new projects to the power system.

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(Reporting by Susanna Twidale; editing by Jason Neely)

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