10/12/2021 | Offshore wind

Boost for UK economy as major offshore wind farm project gets green light

10 December 2021 - RenewableUK press release


Responding to today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng to grant consent for Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail said: 


"Giving the green light to a major renewable energy project like Norfolk Boreas takes us another step closer towards the UK’s net zero emissions target. It’s particularly timely in the year of COP26, which demonstrated the global demand to move faster on action to tackle climate change. 


“This project will bring massive benefits to East Anglia and to supply chain companies throughout the country, creating highly-skilled jobs and bringing significant investment in vital infrastructure which will generate clean power in the years ahead. 


“Investing in large scale offshore wind power is good for our environment and our economy, boosting the UK’s productivity. Projects like this will help us to maintain our global lead in offshore wind as well as building up our UK-based supply chain and our exports”. 


Vattenfall’s reaction to the announcement is available here.


(ends)

Notes


RenewableUK’s members are building our future energy system, powered by clean electricity. We bring them together to deliver that future faster; a future which is better for industry, billpayers, and the environment. We support over 400 member companies to ensure increasing amounts of renewable electricity are deployed across the UK and to access export markets all over the world. Our members are business leaders, technology innovators, and expert thinkers from right across industry.


More details on Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Boreas project are available here. 


RenewableUK events programme is available here.


For further information, contact