SSE Airtricity are Northern Ireland’s second largest energy provider, supplying natural gas and greener electricity to over 300,000 Northern Irish homes and businesses. SSE Airtricity is powered with renewable energy from the largest wind generation portfolio on the island of Ireland. As principal sponsor of Eco-Schools programme and Energy topic ambassador SSE Airtricity helps schools to promote sustainable development and improve their energy efficiency through involving pupils in hands-on actions that can make a real difference. SSE Airtricity have developed a series of free educational ‘Operation Energy’ resources focusing on energy efficiency which complement the NI curriculum. The resources available from www.operation-energy.com are designed to support schools studying energy topics and encourage pupils to get the energy saving message out into the local community. They also support Power Down Day in November and the Global Wind Awards in June each year.