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3:42 PM February 23, 2021
Offshore windfarm turbines are among projects to be eyeing a presence in Suffolk
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Developers behind large energy projects in Suffolk have been told not to expect support unless the potential harms they bring to the county s environment are appropriately addressed.
Suffolk County Council s cabinet on Tuesday afternoon agreed a new energy response policy in light of the growing number of nationally significant energy generation projects eyeing Suffolk locations.
So far, those include the Sizewell C nuclear energy facility, Scottish Renewables offshore windfarms off the coast and a handful of solar farms near Ipswich and in West Suffolk.
HIE area manager for Caithness and Sutherland points to significant opportunities in offshore wind By Alan Hendry Published: 20:09, 19 February 2021
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Eann Sinclair says growth in offshore wind comes at a time of uncertainty in other industries.
Offshore wind will offer significant opportunities for the far north economy over the next decade, according to Eann Sinclair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Mr Sinclair, the development agency s area manager for Caithness and Sutherland, noted that there would be some disappointment at a recently announced delay to ScotWind Leasing. The main aim of this process is to grant property rights for the seabed in Scottish waters for new commercial-scale offshore wind projects.
Shell plans to invest heavily in reducing the carbon content of the fuels and lubricants it produces. It also intends to ramp up its presence in the market to supply low carbon power generated from windfarms and the like to customers. The company thinks it is being particularly ambitious because its target includes Scope 3 emissions. It notes these include emissions from the oil and gas that others produce and Shell then sells as products to customers. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said meeting the net zero target will involve Shell working hard with companies in the supply chains of hard to decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping to find ways of reducing their emissions.
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SSEN Transmission is seeking views on the current Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charging regime, which it said results in Scottish renewable energy generators paying higher costs to connect electricity to the grid than those in other parts of Great Britain.
The company has published a discussion paper on the subject, which was released today.
It said, for example, that a wind farm in the north of Scotland pays £5.50 per megawatt-hour of energy, but an equivalent wind farm in Wales will get paid £2.80/MWh.
“This creates a huge barrier for further low carbon investment, despite great support for further deployment through UK and Scottish government policy,” SSEN Transmission said.