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News 28 Jun 2024

The Artist behind the Coo

Earlier this month we caught up with Rio Moore who designed our sponsored coo 'River' on the Hairy Highland Coo Trail which is taking place over the next 10 weeks.

06 Oct 2023

New fish counting technology

Our SSE Renewables colleagues are delighted to have completed a significant project to further enhance the accuracy of our fish counting operations, deploying the latest, innovative technology in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

News 23 Jun 2023

New Biography Sheds Light on the 'Engineering Genius' Behind Scotland's Hydro-Electric Revolution

To mark the 80th anniversary of the law that brought hydro-electricity to the Scottish Highlands a new biography of Edward ‘Electricity’ MacColl has been published.

News 02 May 2023

Ground broken at new visitor attraction at Pitlochry Dam

Construction work on Pitlochry’s latest visitor attraction is underway with energy company SSE Renewables appointing construction group Story as the main contractor for its new Observation Point at Pitlochry Dam and Power Station.

News 13 Oct 2022

Celebrating Fasnakyle at 70

Situated within the Affric-Beauly Hydro Scheme, about 16 kilometres to the west of Inverness, our Fasnakyle Power Station is celebrating seven decades of delivering renewable energy in the Scottish Highlands today.

News 05 Sep 2022

Plans for new viewing point at Pitlochry Dam unveiled

Presentation boards detailing plans for a new viewing point at Pitlochry Dam have been installed.

Blogs 19 May 2022

Who needs Tripadvisor?

Dusty old Visitor Books can provide a rich source of information and, having recently come across the original Torr Achilty visitors book in our Archive, I’m keen to track down any colleagues who worked at the Station and can fill in some of the gaps that have come to light.

News 02 Aug 2017

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon opens SSE’s new £4m visitor centre

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Cabinet officially opened SSE’s new £4m Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre in Perthshire on 6 February 2017.

News 01 May 2017

Can the Common Scoter live up to its name?

You might be forgiven for thinking that a bird named the Common Scoter didn’t need our help, but you’d sadly be very wrong.

01 May 2017

Engineers of tomorrow are inspired by the engineers of the past

The engineers of tomorrow got a taste for the achievements of their forebears last month when they visited a range of Perthshire engineering sites including SSE's Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre.

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