Blow to UK’s 2030 clean energy targets as SSE cuts spending on renewables

Developer shrinks five-year investment plans by 3bn blaming policy and planning delays

One of the UK's biggest energy developers will cut its planned spending on new renewables projects in a blow to the government's 2030 clean power targets.

SSE warned that it would be unlikely to meet its own renewable energy goals for the end of the decade after shrinking its five-year spending plans by 3bn to 17.5bn.