The chief executive of SSE has highlighted the slow buildout of transmission infrastructure as the greatest potential risk to the government’s target of installing 40GW of offshore wind generation by 2030. Alistair Philips-Davies made the comments during a call with reporters on the company’s financial results for the year to the end of the March, which analysts at Barclays described as “reassuringly dull”.
SSE boss: Transmission constraints greatest risk to 2030 wind goal
