National Grid invites community views on subsea and underground electricity links
A public consultation is now open for Lincolnshire and Norfolk communities to share their views on plans for three subsea and underground electricity links. Running through until 23 June 2025, North Lincolnshire communities in East Lindsey, Boston and South Holland, as well as those in King’s Lynn, West Norfolk, and Fenland in Cambridgeshire are being […]
Refurbished wind farm exhibit opens in North Norfolk
Equinor has announced that a new interactive wind farm exhibit is now open in Sheringham. With the UK celebrating 25 years of offshore wind and Equinor marking more than a decade of operations in the East of England, the newly refurbished Windscape exhibit features six new activity zones for visitors to explore, along with the […]
Sizewell C backing for community projects
Sizewell C’s Community Fund has awarded grants to nine local organisations through its latest funding round. The Suffolk Community Foundation – which administers the fund – has handed out £550,000 worth of funding across the projects, bringing total support to £2 million following this latest round. Projects to receive backing are those in the East […]
Funding package to upgrade community buildings
Schools, community centres and care homes are among those set to benefit from a bumper £630 million funding package awarded by the government for energy upgrades for community buildings. The package, which falls under the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, should contribute an estimated £650 million in savings for taxpayers, per year, on average over the […]
Ofgem lays out blueprint for local networks to deliver clean power
Ofgem has unveiled a blueprint for the electricity distribution price control period set to kick off in April 2028, which will see the UK through a crucial period as it bids to realise a clean power system by 2030. ED3, which will run for five years through to March 2033, sets the outputs that the […]
Progress for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever offshore wind farm
ScottishPower has announced the offshore construction programme for its biggest-ever renewables project is now officially underway. The first foundation has been installed for the £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm which, once fully operational, will generate 1.4GW worth of power – enough for over 1.3 million homes. It is the first of 95 foundations […]