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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…
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…
EEEGR Wind Week Update
EEEGR Wind Week Conference – Friday 29th October EEEGR are delighted to announce their confirmed sessions & speakers for the conference celebrating East of England’s Wind Week: Greg Hands Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth & Peter Aldous, Conservative MP for Waveney, Political Landscape & Policy Dan McGrail Chief Executive, RenewableUK, Onshore Wind Prospectus Launch Michael Somerville Project Controls Manager,…
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…