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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…
Clean energy from the East of England could power two thirds of UK homes
Staggering figures released today in a new infographic produced by GENERATE shows clean energy from the East of England alone could power the equivalent of 20 million UK homes by 2035. Working with the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) and key energy stakeholders, GENERATE has compiled a forecast of future energy production, in…
Greater Gabbard 10 year anniversary
Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm celebrates its 10-year anniversary of generating clean energy today! All 140 turbines of our joint venture with RWE have been operation since September 2012. Since then, the offshore wind farm has consistently produced power to over 400,000 UK homes each. Located in the North Sea, around 20km off the coast of…
GOW22 success
Global Offshore Wind 2022 took place in June bringing together the offshore wind industry for a super charged 2 day event. We’ve compiled a short video from the GENERATE East of England stand to give you a flavour of the 2 days; profiling the East of England’s offshore opportunity to an international audience whilst supporting…
BEIS gives the go-ahead for 2 offshore wind farms totalling 1500MW at its EA Hub project in the North Sea
GENERATE, the East of England’s pioneering energy investment partnership, has welcomed the announcement that ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore wind farms have been given development consent by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng. Ian Pease, Energy Development Manager, GENERATE said: “We are really…
Consent for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard Wind Farm
GENERATE welcomes the recent announcement that Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard wind farm has been given development consent, by Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Kwasi Kwarteng. This comes just weeks after it’s sister project Boreas was also granted consent, both Norfolk Boreas and Norfolk Vanguard will generate up to 1.8GW providing nearly…
Consent awarded for Norfolk Boreas Wind farm
Good news for the region and for the climate as Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for BEIS announced that Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas wind farm has been granted planning consent. Initial consent for the project was due to be decided earlier this year, but Kwarteng triggered a pause on the process soon after announcing plans…
Opportunities in US Offshore Wind Seminar
Charles Macdowell from Virginia Beach Economic Development kicked of the US Offshore Wind Seminar at OrbisEnergy, on Friday 3rd December. We also heard from 4C Offshore Limited’s Dr James Bernthal-Hooker who provided insight into the US offshore wind outlook. This was followed by Seajacks‘ John Palmer – an incredibly successful business headquartered in Great Yarmouth, who have built their…
Norfolk & Suffolk All Energy Industry Council
An inspiring Norfolk & Suffolk All Energy Industry Council (AEIC) meeting held on Monday 6th Dec led by New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and chaired by Mark Goodall, demonstrating first hand the region’s incredible energy sector. With project updates from Hydrogen East (Michael Brown) and a look at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s (Andrew Holyland) New Anglia Fit4 Offshore Renewables programme…
GENERATE launches at Global Offshore Wind 2021
Politicians and developers showed their support for the East of England at Global Offshore Wind 2021 GENERATE, a pioneering partnership of East of England businesses and political leaders created to champion and showcase the region’s energy investment opportunities and capabilities launched at Global Offshore Wind last week. In partnership with East of England Energy Group…
Planning consent granted for Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm
The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm
ABP and ScottishPower Renewables sign landmark agreement to support offshore wind operations from Port of Lowestoft
Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced a long-term partnership with ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) to support operations and maintenance (O&M) activities
GENERATE Supply Chain goes LIVE
Now’s the time to register with GENERATE Supply Chain – bringing enhanced visibility to the region’s energy landscape
Peel Ports advances Great Yarmouth expansion plans
The Port of Great Yarmouth is set for a major upgrade, with Peel Ports advancing plans to build a new deep-water Southern Terminal at its Outer Harbour.
UK government confirms FID in Sizewell C
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has signed the final investment (FID) for Sizewell C (SZC) in Suffolk
New jobs and major investment in Powerpark, Lowestoft
Jobs, opportunities and major investment in Britain’s most easterly town, Lowestoft, is ensuring it is “leading the way” as a powerhouse for the clean energy industry within the East of England. In September 2020, GENERATE partner, East Suffolk Council unveiled an “ambitious” vision for PowerPark to “create a cluster of energy related businesses which build upon the success of existing…
ScottishPower confirms Lowestoft as long-term home for UK offshore wind
Green energy company ScottishPower Renewables has confirmed Lowestoft as the long-term home and heart of its UK offshore wind operations
Stowen Wins UK Offshore Wind Farm Contract
Equinor has awarded Stowen a contract to perform modifications to the transition pieces on the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm
Major New £4.27m Business Hub In Lowestoft Nears Completion
Work on a new £4.27 million state-of-the-art business hub is just weeks away from completion.
Plans for major green energy hub in Harwich approved
Plans for a major new green energy hub based in Harwich have been given the go ahead.
Harwich International Port has tonight (Tuesday, 14 May) been granted permission by Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Planning Committee to use the planned Bathside Bay Container Terminal (BBCT) platform as a green energy hub for a temporary period of 15 years.