Ed Miliband is to give the National Energy System Operator (NESO) carte blanche to wave through hundreds of new wind, solar and battery plants across rural England, in order to generate 300 GW of electricity by 2035, triple the amount of UK current capacity. Read the...
The RSPB has been working tirelessly to secure simple but vital protections for wildlife within the Planning Infrastructure Bill. Despite their assurances, the Government has chosen not to include these measures directly in the legislation. Without legal safeguards,...
Will Britain bungle this golden opportunity to step change to a robust future framework for energy infrastructure? Rob Orchard highlights the opportunities for offshore grid solutions and references SEAS campaign including the Ralph Fiennes COAST film. This is a...
Many thanks to SEAS supporter and well-known writer Julia Blackburn, who has written a couple of excellent pieces in support of our campaign. Ozymandias in Suffolk is a passionate critique of the UK government's decision to build massive infrastructure in the Suffolk...
An interesting FT article today discusses the challenges facing the UK's efforts to transition to clean energy, specifically focusing on the Labour government's ambitious plans. It argues that the goal set by Ed Miliband, the UK energy secretary, to transform...
Please read below an example of a great recent Support Letter to Ed Miliband. In it, three flawed assumptions relating to current plans are questioned with the conclusion that the Secretary of State should re-think these plans for better solutions. "Dear Mr Milliband,...
Today, National Grid's Ben Wilson, President of National Grid Ventures confirmed that if the project proceeds, Nautilus would connect at the Isle of Grain, Kent - READ the National Grid Press Release HERE This follows on from Ofgem's announcement that it has approved...
During the ScottishPower ( SPR) Development Consent Order ( DCO) Examinations in 2020/21, our local campaign group Suffolk Energy Action Solutions ( SEAS) challenged ScottishPower on a number of issues relating to the cable trench route. One of our particular concerns...
Offshore4sure has written an open letter 'The faster, more cost-efficient way to Net Zero', to Chris Stark who is heading up the Government's Mission Control 2030 and Fintan Slye CEO of the new NESO (National Energy System Operator). We outline how a meshed offshore...
Great coverage for SEAS today with Fiona Gilmore interviewed by Nick Robinson on BBC RADIO 4's TODAY programme. Fiona spoke about the better 'Offshore Grid' solutions available to help Britain get to Net Zero quicker and cheaper, without unnecessarily destroying...
We have been bombarded with developer and Ofgem consultations recently including this 'Consultation on the proposed regulatory funding and approval framework for onshore transitional Centralised Strategic Network Plan 2 projects'. In our opinion this consultation...
Some great news coverage recently signalling the benefits of offshore grids and offshore platforms & energy islands. Sir Kier Starmer has said it doesn't matter where good ideas come from and that the Government plans to learn from best practices in Europe. These...
See SEAS Open Letter to the Press and key Organisations reproduced here below: Britain’s Winning Strategy for Energy Infrastructure 2025 to 2050 An open letter calling for imagination, common sense and consideration to local communities as the nation decides on the...
To a packed house of 280 local residents, Bishop Martin chaired the Energy Election Hustings Q&A session with good humour and grace. The four political candidates participating were:Dr Therese Coffey, ConservativeJulian Cusack, GreenJenny Riddell-Carpenter,...
Concerns about a lack of well-thought-through policies and joined-up thinking about National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade have prompted the Suffolk Preservation Society (SPS) to join with Norfolk and Essex branches of the CPRE (Campaign To Protect Rural England) to...
The debate was called by Matt Warman MP (Conservative, Boston and Skegness) WATCH the excellent speeches by Wera Hobhouse HERE and by Therese Coffey HERE Key Points: There is virtual unanimity amongst all the MPs who spoke that the current upgrade plans need to be...
National Grid are using subsea HVDC cables on multiple projects, making claims this technology is too expensive a nonsense. National Grid has multiple projects in the pipeline that utilise the long-distance transmission of power using HVDC subsea cables and yet...
Therese Coffey has been busy on our behalf. On 29 March, Suffolk Coastal's MP spoke with forthright candour to the Delegated Legislation Committee, which was considering the Government's Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy - WATCH her informative speech HERE...
To help you to respond to the LionLink Environmental Impact Scoping Report (by 4 April), please find below and HERE suggested letter text from a local resident to guide/inspire you to write your own. We suggest sending it to the following emails...
See ITV Anglia's extended piece on LionLink's proposed landfall sites and its impact on the Suffolk Coast. National Grid has revealed the preferred landfall sites and cabling routes for the LionLink interconnector between Holland and the UK, with proposed landfall at...
The With One Voice Poetry Challenge is CALLING ALL POETS… or simply anyone who enjoys putting ‘pen to paper’. Thanks to the initiative and valiant efforts of supporters Anne Parsons and Piers Sturridge, we are supporting the 'With One Voice Poetry Challenge' - see...
Suffolk coast is under siege by National Grid NG's destructive infrastructure plans sparks a national petition and a powerful film 'Coast' appeal. Suffolk’s coastline, a haven of windswept beaches and ancient heathlands, faces an unprecedented threat. National Grid...
Fiona Gilmore gets great balanced coverage + a poor response from National Grid.
“....why ride roughshod over all the environmental protections in place for this area when there are alternative routes?” David Riches, WALL
'Green Energy Casts a Shadow Over a Cherished English Landscape' - Stanley Read visited East Anglia, writing about how "residents of East Anglia fear that planned power lines for offshore wind projects will blight their rural idyll".
Financial Times, 6 January 2022 Getting any national PR has been hard. We believe that this is because most journalists do not dig deep into the issues and simply endorse the “green energy is good” mantra. They fail to understand that there are serious issues relating...
'Old Sparky' EDF's prospective new nuke at Sizewell is not the only vast energy scheme threatening Suffolk's rural amenities and running laughable “consultation” exercises (Eyes passim). Only two miles away, Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) is right up there with EDF -...