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LEADING ENGLISH PORTS Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft are England’s leading offshore energy ports with 50 years operations and maintenance experience of supporting the offshore energy industry. These two ports are the closest deep water harbours to major wind farms in development off the East of England coast including East Anglia Array, Greater Gabbard, Race Bank, Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon.
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The favourable geography halfway between the Thames Estuary and the Humber, as well as more than 50 years’ experience in operations in the Southern North Sea has seen the East of England evolve into one of the most diverse energy regions in the UK.
MAJOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY The energy sector is a major economic opportunity for the East of England businesses both within the UK and accessing projects across Europe, with pipeline projects showing potential sector investment in the region worth £31bn by 2020. Over 60% of the proposed opportunities are predicted to arise from offshore wind, with further projects identified in gas (£4.4bn), nuclear and decommissioning (£7.7bn) and power (£0.5bn) .
Around 6,200 businesses are currently active in all energy sectors across the region including oil and gas, civil nuclear, wind and biomass, and they are responsible for a total annual turnover of £12.9 billion. Approximately 103,400 people are presently employed in the region, a figure that is set to increase with the new industry driven skills programme, Skills for Energy, hosted by EEEGR.
NEW ANGLIA LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP
Within the East of England Energy Zone the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has created an Enterprise Zone which focuses on growing energy- related business. The Enterprise Zone, which covers six sites in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, has already seen businesses, including the training company Nexus and global company Seajacks, take advantage of its range of attractive benefits. Discounted business rates, simplified planning and super- fast broadband are on offer for growing businesses and the successes deliver a powerful message about the potential and forecast investment in the region, with current predictions estimating that by 2020 the Energy Zone could be generating enough low carbon electricity to power every home in the region.
CENTRES FOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENGINEERING (CORE) The region has also been designated one of only six COREs in England by Government.
James said: “We have the experience which developers and contractors are looking for in our supply chain and workforce. Our ports have been at the forefront of supporting large UK Round 2 developments; Great Yarmouth’s outer harbour has proven itself as a base for assembly and construction; Lowestoft is home to SSE’s Operations Centre for the Greater Gabbard windfarm; while Wells is now home to SCIRA the Statoil – Statcraft Company which successfully developed and is running Sheringham Shoal. Now fully constructed and
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