meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message sse renewables type subsidiary of scottish and southern energy founded dublin ireland 1997 headquarters dublin ireland key people paul dowling ceo products electricity number of employees 380 website www.sserenewables.com sse renewables is a renewable energy subsidiary of airtricity . airtricity was founded in 1997 in ireland and now is a renewable energy company owned by scottish and southern energy . it is an international wind farm developer and is currently building in partnership with rwe npower renewables the greater gabbard offshore wind farm which is the world s largest offshore wind farm under construction . contents 1 history 2 description 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit eirtricity was established in 1997 by eddie o connor developed generation capacity in ireland based in counties cavan donegal sligo and wexford construction though only 7 of a planned 200 turbines were actually built . the company changed its name to airtricity from the original eirtricity which is derived from the word ire irish for ireland in 2002 . in 2007 airtricity was named the no. 1 best company to work for in ireland by the great place to work institute . the company was sold to sse scottish and southern energy in january 2008 for approximately 1.1 b. 1 on 15 january 2009 airtricity obtained consent from the dutch ministry of transport public works and water management for construction of the west rhine dutch west rijn wind farm 40 kilometres off the dutch north sea coast . the wind farm will consist of up to 72 wind turbines with a total potential power capacity of around 260 mw . 2 eddie o connor left airtricity in 2008 and founded mainstream renewable power . 3 in october 2009 sse announced that airtricity would be rebranded as sse renewables from 1 january 2010 with the airtricity brand still in existence as an energy supplier in both the republic of ireland and northern ireland . 4 description edit sse renewables is owned by scottish and southern energy as of 15 february 2008 and now describes itself as the renewable development division of sse . 5 sse renewables built and operates the 72 megawatt mw meentycat wind farm currently the largest irish wind farm supplying 100 % renewable electricity to its customers . see also edit coomatallin wind farm arklow bank wind park list of irish companies roscoe texas references edit airtricity announces sale to sse . http www.airtricity.com ireland media center press releases ireland west % 20rijn % 20consent.doc wind energy mainstream renewable power . the telegraph . london . 2009 04 28 . retrieved 2010 04 23 . airtricity s renewable energy development business to be renamed sse renewables . murphy brendan & walsh majella 2008 02 15 . airtricity completes sale to scottish and southern energy plc . airtricity . retrieved 2008 02 15 . per the summary on airtricity list all press releases external links edit official site v t e electricity generation in ireland companies organisations airtricity dublin bay power eirgrid ervia esb group huntstown power imera power northern ireland electricity premier power ni spirit of ireland sse renewables viridian group ni electricity generating stations aghada ardnacrusha ballylumford ni carnsore point coolkeeragh ni inniscarra kilroot ni kinsale road leixlip lough ree moneypoint poulaphouca ringsend poolbeg seagen ni shannonbridge tarbert turlough hill ni indicates northern ireland v t e wind power in the united kingdom energy in the united kingdom renewable energy in the united kingdom companies airtricity ecotricity innogy siemens wind power vestas onshore wind farms active alltwalis ardrossan arecleoch askam and ireleth beinn an tuirc black law blood hill blyth harbour braes of doune burton wold carland cross carno cefn croes clyde coal clough cold 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