11/02/2022 | Offshore wind

Decision to approve major offshore wind project will bring massive economic benefits to UK

11 February 2022 - RenewableUK press release


Responding to today’s re-determination by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng, granting consent for Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm project, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail said: 


"Today’s decision secures significant investment in much-needed new energy infrastructure at a time when we need to speed up the transition away from expensive fossil fuels to cheap domestic sources of clean energy. Building this major project will generate enormous economic benefits for East Anglia, creating high-quality jobs in our world-class offshore wind industry and the wider supply chain nationwide.


“To help the UK to reach net zero emissions as fast as possible, the Government has set the industry a target of nearly quadrupling our current offshore wind capacity to 40 gigawatts by the end of this decade. Giving the go-ahead to a major project like Norfolk Vanguard is a big boost to help us to get there. It also demonstrates to the rest of the world that the UK is committed to taking significant practical action against climate change”.


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