Essex and East Anglia
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Publications and documents
Energy Institute: Minutes of the Meeting held at EI London on 31 January 2017
11 Jun 2018
MS Word Document
Latest news
Winds of change blow for offshore power operators
26-04-2009
Good news for offshore wind farm developers: southern areas are becoming windier. Researchers from Atmos Consulting have found that the wind speed off the coast of East Anglia and Essex has been rising so much that wind farms could generate 50% more electricity than envisaged a decade ago.
The UK Government has given the go ahead for four new windfarms to be built off ...
22-10-2003
The UK Government has given the go ahead for four new windfarms to be built off the coast of Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Essex at Lynn, Inner Dowsing, Cromer and Gunfleet Sands. The new windfarms will produce more than 450 MW of electricity, enough to power a total of about 230,000 homes - equivalent ...
New jobs in UK offshore wind will aid ‘levelling up’
1-05-2021
New research from the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) suggests that the number of people working directly and indirectly in the UK’s offshore wind industry will rise significantly, from 26,000 currently to nearly 70,000 by 2026. Most of the jobs will be created in parts of the country which ur...
East Anglia ONE completed despite COVID complications
26-08-2020
With the installation of the last of 102 Siemens Gamesa turbines, construction of the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm has been completed, despite constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, says main developer ScottishPower Renewables. The wind farm – situated 43 km off the Suffolk coast – is no...
Base for giant Dogger Bank offshore wind farm will be on Tyneside
15-05-2020
Offshore wind farms are getting bigger and bigger. ScottishPower Renewables and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group report that they have installed the last of 102 Siemens Gamesa turbines at the 714 MW East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm, 43 km off the Suffolk coast. Installation was undertaken by Siem...