Call to unlock £30bn of wind farm investment for East of England

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Andrew Harston, chair of East Wind, said wind farm projects off the east coast could provide more power.

The port of Lowestoft in Suffolk is the focal point of the offshore wind industry in the East said Andrew Harston, chair of East Wind

He added: "We just want whatever government is in power to get on with letting this industry develop and create more jobs and investment in the East of England." The Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government was still "completely committed" to the 2050 net zero target which his predecessor, Theresa May, made law back in 2019.Labour's leader Sir Keir Starmer has said his party’s green energy plans will ensure the UK’s transition away from oil and gas does not repeat mistakes from the phase-out of coal.wants to set up a new public company, Great British Energy, to invest in clean and renewable energy.

The Lib Dems want to give local authorities more power to build community renewable energy and have an emergency programme to insulate homes by 2030, cutting emissions and fuel bills, and ending fuel poverty.is calling for investment in "offshore and onshore wind to provide at least 100 GW of electricity by 2030. This should provide around 70% of the UK’s electricity demand by this time" .

 

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