DONG Energy and SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) are the companies behind Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Limited. DONG Energy holds a 74.9% stake, and will be the leading partner in the construction and operational phases of the Walney Offshore Wind farm. SSE holds 25.1% stake.

DONG Energy
DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. DONG Energy is headquartered in Denmark. The company’s business is based on procuring, producing, distributing and trading in energy and related products in Northern Europe. DONG Energy has approximately 5,500 employees and generated more than DKK 60 billion (approx. £8.2 billion) in revenue in 2008. Great Britain is one of DONG Energy’s primary markets for offshore wind. Currently DONG Energy has a capacity of 745 MW offshore wind power in operation and some 657MW under construction in the UK. It also has over 1,900MW of offshore wind farm capacity with consent for development in northern Europe, including the Dutch and German sector of the North Sea.

SSE
SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) is a FTSE-100 company headquartered in Perth, employing more than 19,000 people. The company has a market capitalisation of around £10 billion, and supplies over 9.6 million energy customers in Great Britain and Ireland. It has a 50% share of the 500MW Greater Gabbard wind farm now under construction in the outer Thames Estuary and it has a total of 3,530MW of renewable energy capacity (onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro and dedicated biomass) in operation, under construction or with consent in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It also has over 1,900MW of offshore wind farm capacity with consent for development in northern Europe, including the Dutch sector of the North Sea.