EEEGR SNS CONFERENCE
... AND SOUTHERN NORTH SEA CONFERENCE
SOUTHERN NORTH SEA REMAINS A TREASURE TROVE FOR THE EAST OF ENGLAND
Massive investment in both gas and wind energy resources in the Southern North Sea (SNS) will generate increasing wealth for the East of England economy and business world in coming years.
More than 200 delegates at the SNS 2011 Conference staged in Norwich by EEEGR heard the upbeat overview from industry leaders this week.
Vattenfall director David Hodkinson said that with partner Scottish Power, they hoped to start building the first stage of the East Anglia Array windfarm, off Norfolk, in 2014 and produce first power in 2016. The entire project, expected to be completed by 2023 and producing 7.2GW, would mean a £20bn investment into the region and leave a legacy of skills, which could transfer across the UK and the world.
He was delighted to be working with EEEGR which they saw as an extremely powerful, no nonsense, business driven body – and he had accepted an invite to join its board.
Jeremy Sainsbury, director of Natural Power, warned that wind energy needed to be cheaper and use more effective technologies to make it sustainable.
John Sewell, operations manager for oil and gas company Perenco at Great Yarmouth, Rob Nibbelke, plant installation manager for Shell, based at the Bacton, and Paul Lafferty, E.ON Ruhrgas UK operations manager brought the audience up to date with developments and issues in a positive light regarding the oil and gas industry.
Emphasis was given to the wind energy sector later in the day but was mentioned by all the speakers enthusiastically in conjunction with other energy considerations.
Delegates at the Holiday Inn, Norwich North, also heard how other opportunities for the region could open up through the development of Carbon Capture and Storage - with empty reservoirs in the SNS being ideal for storage.
There were concerns, however, at whether a bottleneck caused by demand for skilled workers from across all aspects of the energy industry could be met.
EEEGR chairman, Alan Barlow said they had long recognised the challenge which was why the Skills for Energy project was created and they are now planning the EPISCentre, an energy skills hub for the region as a business- driven focal point to help deal with the issue.
Jeremy Sainsbury Natural Power
EEEGR
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