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AN ENTERPRISING FUTURE FOR GREAT YARMOUTH
Great Yarmouth continues to widen its horizons and bring in investment, strengthened by its new Enterprise Zone and more recently CORE (Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering) status.
ENTERPRISE ZONE BENEFITS The benefits of business rate relief and simplified planning rules in the Enterprise Zone come into effect in April following the successful bid by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership to the Government for an Enterprise Zone covering six sites in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft last August.
Designed to capitalise on the sub-region’s leading position in the energy sector, the Enterprise Zone could transform the towns by creating up to 2,000 jobs through attracting as many as 80 businesses by 2015.
SEAJACKS AND CAPACITORS LIMITED The first two companies to benefit from setting up in the Enterprise Zone in Great Yarmouth will be Seajacks with a prestigious headquarters adjacent to the port and Norfolk Capacitors Limited with a new 2,600 sq m production facility on Beacon Park; Great Yarmouth’s new business park offering quality business premises with good road links on the outskirts of the town.
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE Perhaps uniquely, Great Yarmouth can not only boast 45 years of oil & gas experience but also current involvement in all three rounds of UK offshore wind farms.
SCROBY SANDS Scroby Sands (Round 1) is operated and maintained by E.ON through their dedicated river port base utilising the skills and services of local companies to maintain the 30 2MW turbines.
EASTPORT UK Over the last 12 months, EastPort UK’s deep water outer harbour has been used extensively for two Round 2 wind farms in the Wash; by MT Hojgaard as an installation base for the foundations for Centrica’s Lincs offshore wind farm and by A2Sea as a reloading base for the wind turbine generators for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.
EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND Finally, in recent months East Anglia Offshore Wind, a 50-50 Joint Venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both International Port Holdings (IPH) of Great Yarmouth Port Company and Associated British Ports (ABP) of Lowestoft.
These MoU’s highlight the fact that Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Ports have the opportunity to play key roles in the construction and operation of the East Anglia Offshore Wind Farm projects.
East Anglia Offshore Wind Programme Director, Jason Martin, said: “The East Anglia zone is one of the largest offshore wind farm developments in the world and will require significant construction and operational support in the coming decades.
“Our discussions with local port operators demonstrate the strong offshore energy support services and experience in the region.”
EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND SERVICES And in proving just how strong the local supply chain really is, the Borough Council has plotted the remarkable pool of expertise, skills and services of local companies and evidenced that all aspects of wind farm construction, installation, operation and maintenance can be completed by businesses in the Great Yarmouth and surrounding area.
CENTRE FOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENGINEERING (CORE) STATUS The ambition to create thousands of new jobs in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft was given a further boost in November when the Chancellor named the area a national Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE) in his Autumn Statement.
The Government has selected just five locations across England as COREs, which will be promoted by the Government as the prime locations for offshore renewable engineering businesses, with a comprehensive package of support on offer.
It is hoped that the CORE status will further place the spotlight on the two towns and enhance their ability to attract thousands of new jobs to Norfolk and Suffolk, both within the EZ sites and further afield, and reinforce the area’s position as a key location for the energy sector.
THE PLACE TO BE With exciting new investments and developments taking place, Great Yarmouth is the place to be for energy in the UK.
Gt Yarmouth Borough Council
www.great-yarmouth.gov.uk
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