SSE Renewables has given the Scottish economy a £1billion boost in the last year.
The figure has just been revealed in new independent analysis.
Details are included in a new sustainability report published by SSE Renewables, alongside a report providing independent analysis by PwC measuring the value the company adds to GDP and the jobs it supports across its home markets of the UK and Ireland for the last three years.
The report, which covered the 12 months to March outlines how SSE Renewables' delivery of two flagship infrastructure projects - the £3billion Seagreen project off the coast of Angus and the £580million Viking onshore wind project in Shetland - has driven the £1billion contribution to Scotland's economy.
This boost from SSE Renewables’ construction and operational activities also supported around 4,000 Scottish jobs in the last year.
The sustainability report marks the first time the UK's leading renewable energy developer, owner and operator has detailed the actions it is taking to put sustainability at the core of its strategy for ambitious growth in the UK and Ireland, as well as overseas.
Jobs support
Kate Wallace Lockhart, SSE Renewables head of sustainability, said: "Across our core markets of the UK and Ireland, we contributed £1.65billion to GDP last year, supporting more than 10,000 jobs. This is a 23% increase in our GDP contribution and more than double the number of jobs supported compared to the year before.
"These findings provide yet more evidence that investing in renewables is not only essential for getting to net zero, but it makes economic sense too.
"SSE Renewables is investing millions of pounds in the green transition, and our new sustainability report shows that we are absolutely committed to investing in a sustainable way that benefits workers and communities, as well as the wider natural environment too through our world-leading digital ecological innovations to commitment to biodiversity net gain."
The report also highlights significant employment growth at SSE Renewables.
The company has grown its UK and Ireland employee numbers by almost 50% over the last two years and now employs over 1,300 people - more than 1,000 of whom are based in Scotland.
Of these workers, around a third of SSE Renewables' employees have transitioned from high-carbon careers, mostly from outside of the company.
First power at Seagreen
It was August when first power was generated at Seagreen - Scotland's largest offshore wind farm.
This important step was announced by SSE Renewables and its partner TotalEnergies.
The 1,075MW development is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2023 when it will be able to produce enough electricity to power 1.6million homes.
Seagreen will also be the world's deepest fixed-bottom wind farm with its deepest foundation nearly 200ft below sea level.