Renewable Energy Campaign
3rd November 2010
Peter Aldous asked the Prime Minister, David Cameron, about funding for offshore renewable manufacturing on the East Anglian Coast.
- 24th April 2013
Waveney MP Peter Aldous this week has welcomed the news that Vattenfall and Scottish Power Renewables, the joint venture partners behind the East Anglia Offshore Wind Zone, have awarded over £15 million in contracts to 28 businesses in East Anglia. read more »
- 12th November 2012
Peter Aldous MP for Waveney welcomes new €2 million European funded research programme, which has been launched to improve opportunities for an international network of companies and universities in relation to the installation, operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines. read more »
- 11th September 2012
Waveney MP Peter Aldous presented certificates to the latest group to complete a Sector Based Academy at Lowestoft College on 7th September. read more »
- 8th February 2012
Marking National Apprenticeship Week, Peter Aldous has welcomed the 63 per cent increase in the number of people starting an apprenticeship in Waveney last year. read more »
- 25th January 2012
Peter Aldous MP for Waveney and Jobcentre Plus jointly hosted a seminar on Friday 13th January 2012 at the Town Hall in Lowestoft to help get young people in Waveney into employment and to ensure local young people have the skills needed for the growing offshore renewable energy sector. read more »
- 23rd December 2011
Waveney MP Peter Aldous today welcomed news that SLP Engineering, a member of the Smulders Group, has been awarded a significant new contract by Nexen Petroleum UK Limited and co-venturers for a 140 man accommodation module for their Golden Eagle Area Development Project. read more »
- 20th December 2011
SSE Renewables and RWE npower renewables welcomes confirmation by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) that it has accepted the application for Galloper Wind Farm. The joint venture project is for an up to 504MW offshore wind farm comprising up to 140 turbines off the Suffolk Coast and associated development. read more »
- 2nd November 2011
East Anglia Offshore Wind, a 50-50 Joint Venture between Scottish Power Renewables and Vattenfall, today confirmed it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both International Port Holdings
(IPH) of Great Yarmouth Port Company and Associated British Ports (ABP) of Lowestoft. read more » - 7th September 2011
The East Anglian region is at the centre of the world’s largest market for offshore wind deployment and the UK’s most dense area of offshore wind energy development. read more »
- 27th April 2011
Waveney MP Peter Aldous, speaking in the House of Commons Debate on the Finance Bill yesterday, called for further scrutiny of proposals to increase taxation on the oil and gas industry which unfairly penalise smaller oil companies and have an adverse effect on the gas sector. read more »
