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Consortium looking into the design of a permanently stationed Offshore Charging Vessel.
A consortium of offshore renewable energy and marine companies are exploring the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for electrified vessels. Read more here
Atlantic Canada seeks collaboration with Norfolk & Suffolk
Energy sector companies in Norfolk and Suffolk are being invited to meet with companies from Atlantic Canada to explore new trade and bilateral collaboration opportunities within the clean energy sector. A virtual trade mission led by the Newfoundland & Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) and facilitated by international trade development consultancy, Kinetic Cubed, will culminate…
CWind and Rovco complete ROV project at East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm
CWind has completed this year’s campaign at the East Anglia One offshore wind farm in the UK. Full story here
Ambitious Wind Power announcements welcomed by Industry Leaders
The sector reacts positively to Boris Johnson’s £160m boost for the UK offshore wind industry. Read Industry response to here
East Anglia as a UK Hydrogen cluster?
Hydrogen production has been named as one of three industries still in their infancy that the UK’s future energy system will be heavily reliant on. Hydrogen East is one of, a number of new business initiatives, that seek to raise awareness of hydrogen opportunities across East Anglia and to promote the technology and develop local…
Great Yarmouth Port to Get Offshore Energy O&M Campus
Norfolk County Council (NCC) have recently announced £6 million of funding to deliver an offshore energy Operations and Maintenance (O&M) campus at the Port of Great Yarmouth. The Project aim to establish a excellence, an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) campus – or Multi-User Energy Sector Facility – on the southern peninsula of Great Yarmouth Port…
Bid for £29m clean energy research programme in East Anglia passes key milestone.
A £29m research and innovation programme over 5 years led by UEA focussed on the Southern North Sea and the region’s clean energy and marine sectors has passed it’s first key milestone. ‘Suffolk & Norfolk Research & Innovation on the Sustainable Energy Coast’, or ‘SuNRISE Coast’ for short, will further enhance East Anglia as a…
In pole position for offshore wind
New research conducted by offshore wind market intelligence specialists, 4C Offshore, has concluded that the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) continues to be the UK’s largest offshore wind cluster and will remain in pole position as the sector ramps up to meet the UK government’s refreshed target of 40Gw of offshore wind by 2030.
Vattenfall announcement
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has awarded development consent for Vattenfall’s application to build Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm.
Local apprenticeship boost from East Anglia ONE windfarm
People from across East Anglia have a chance to secure a job in the offshore wind industry thanks to ScottishPower Renewables which is launching a new apprentice recruitment drive for its East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm.
RWE acquire Vattenfall’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone
All change in the Southern North Sea as RWE acquire 4.2-gigawatt UK offshore wind development portfolio from Vattenfall. See full press release from Vattenfall here https://bit.ly/48J80Mu
ABP and Sizewell C plan to develop Direct Air Capture facility at Port of Lowestoft
An innovative development is being planned at the Port of Lowestoft, Associated British Ports and Sizewell C are collaborating to bring a new technology demonstrator to the East of England – technology that will no doubt play an increasingly important role in reducing carbon dioxide levels, combating climate change and building a green economy. Read more here
Vattenfall choose Great Yarmouth port for Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone
Great News for Great Yarmouth as Vattenfall announces Peel Ports GY Port as the preferred bidder for the operation and maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone. Councillor Carl Smith, leader of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, said: ‘’Great Yarmouth Borough Council is delighted that Vattenfall has chosen the town’s port as the preferred location…
Construction start date set for new Operations & Maintenance campus in Great Yarmouth
A new operations and maintenance campus for Great Yarmouth moves ever closer as final preparations are made for construction to begin next month. Commissioned by Norfolk County Council, the £21.4m partnership project is a collaboration with Great Yarmouth Borough Council and the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and seeks to capitalise on the now…
ORE Catapult launches East of England scheme
Regional offshore wind technology acceleration programme seeks companies across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. Companies in the East of England that want to break into the offshore wind industry can now apply to our Launch Academy East of England programme for the first time. The application window opens on Thursday 2 March until Friday 28 April 2023 for expressions…
Extra 700,000 more UK homes to get clean, green power from the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone
Vattenfall announced that the capacity for the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone will be increased to 4.2GW. Crucially, this will take place with no extra impact for local residents, with its construction taking place within existing plans. For full details see here
New fly through video of Great Yarmouth O&M campus
Fabulous new video provides an insight into the vision the Great Yarmouth Borough Council and it’s partners have for the new state-of the-art facility on the South Denes Peninsula Working in partnership Great Yarmouth Borough Council, the New Anglia LEP and Norfolk County Council have released a new video demonstrating the full vision the partners…
Press Release from ABP
The Port of Lowestoft, owned and operated by ABP, the UK’s leading ports group, has invested over £600,000 to enhance its infrastructure and support Peterson’s business growth.Peterson, who are a valued customer at the Port of Lowestoft, have recently announced a new contract to provide integrated logistics services to ODE Asset Management (ODE AM). These…
Mayor of Great Yarmouth reacts to the new O&M film
View the video below to see Counsellor Graham Plant’s reaction to the new promotional material recently released by GENERATE, throwing his praise and support behind the project which aims to bring investment and job opportunities to the borough.
Operations & Maintenance Campus
The GENERATE team are excited with progress on the new Operations & Maintenance Campus in Great Yarmouth. This state-of-the-art facility will provide new maritime facilities for service operation vessels and crew transfer vehicles (and associated quay space, parking, servicing, storage areas and access roads) being completed by the end of 2023. A new short film…