Cloosh Valley Wind Farm Designated Activity Company

Cloosh Valley Wind Farm Designated Activity Company is an Irish designated activity company (DAC) that serves as the corporate vehicle for the Cloosh Valley onshore wind farm in County Galway, Ireland. It is part of SSE plc, the Perth-headquartered British energy group whose operations span renewable generation, electricity transmission and distribution networks, flexible generation, and energy products and services for business customers. SSE describes itself as a leading generator of renewables and flexible energy in the Great Britain and Ireland markets and one of the world's fastest-growing electricity networks companies, with a purpose 'to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all'. The company's name reflects both its function and its legal form: 'Cloosh Valley Wind Farm' identifies the specific generating asset, while 'Designated Activity Company' is the Irish corporate form used for special-purpose entities. As a subsidiary within the SSE group, the entity exists to hold, finance and operate the wind farm rather than to market a consumer-facing brand. Its activities therefore sit inside SSE's broader renewables portfolio, which includes onshore and offshore wind, hydro, solar and batteries, alongside the group's networks and thermal businesses. SSE's Irish operations are a core part of its renewables strategy. The group reports renewable generation capacity across the UK and Ireland and is investing heavily in electricity infrastructure, including a fully-funded five-year investment programme of approximately £33bn aimed at transforming electricity infrastructure. Within that programme, onshore wind farms such as Cloosh Valley contribute to SSE's renewable output and to Ireland's climate and energy-security objectives. Because the entity is a project company, it has little independent public profile: it does not publish its own consumer brand, products or campaigns, and its public identity is effectively that of the Cloosh Valley wind farm asset within SSE. Its registered office and group affiliation follow SSE plc, whose registered office is Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3AQ, Scotland. The company should be understood as an infrastructure and generation entity rather than a retail or product brand.

Cloosh Valley Wind Farm Designated Activity Company is a project company established within the SSE group to hold and operate the Cloosh Valley onshore wind farm in County Galway, Ireland. Its history is inseparable from SSE's development as a renewables-led energy company in the British and Irish markets. SSE plc traces its origins to the hydro-electric schemes of the Scottish Highlands and grew into one of the largest energy companies in the United Kingdom, with activities spanning electricity generation, transmission and distribution networks, and retail and business energy supply. Over time the group repositioned itself around the clean energy transition, describing itself as a leading generator of renewables and flexible energy in the GB and Ireland markets and one of the world's fastest-growing electricity networks companies. Its portfolio includes onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro, electricity transmission and distribution networks, power stations, carbon capture and hydrogen, solar and batteries, as well as energy products and services for businesses and other customers. Ireland became an important part of that strategy. SSE operates renewable generation on the island, and onshore wind farms such as Cloosh Valley form part of its Irish renewable fleet. The Cloosh Valley project was developed and financed through a dedicated corporate vehicle, as is standard practice for large infrastructure assets: a designated activity company isolates the asset's financing, ownership and liabilities from the wider group. The entity's name therefore combines the asset name with the Irish DAC legal form. As part of SSE, the company sits within a group that has committed to a fully-funded five-year investment programme of approximately £33bn aimed at transforming electricity infrastructure and delivering long-term benefits for society. SSE's stated purpose is 'to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all', and its strategy is to create value for shareholders and society by investing in, developing, building and operating the electricity infrastructure needed for the clean energy transition. Onshore wind farms in Ireland, including Cloosh Valley, contribute to that strategy by adding renewable generation capacity and supporting national decarbonisation and energy-security goals. Because it is a special-purpose entity rather than a consumer brand, the company has no separate public history of product launches, campaigns or retail operations. Its corporate identity is defined by its parent, SSE plc, whose registered office is Inveralmond House, 200 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3AQ, Scotland, and by the wind farm asset it holds. Public information about the entity itself is limited to corporate-registry and group-level disclosures.

A special-purpose renewable generation subsidiary within SSE plc, holding and operating the Cloosh Valley onshore wind farm in Ireland.

• Cloosh Valley onshore wind farm

  Onshore wind generation asset in County Galway, Ireland, held and operated by the designated activity company within the SSE group.

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