OFGEM recently CALLED FOR EVIDENCE from stakeholders on network company electricity transmission business plans, and SEAS have pointed out many failings in NGET's business plan.READ the Full SEAS Response HERE Ofgem sets the price controls to ensure that monopoly...
The Panorama 30 minute programme screened on Monday 3 February takes a view of the issues facing local communities across the UK whose voices have not been heard by successive Governments. From Scotland and Lincolnshire we hear voices sharing similar concerns. In this...
SEAS does not have a formal constitution as is common with local campaign groups. We plan in future to produce an annual report which will include income received through donations and categories of expenditure as well as a description of the main campaign activities...
This is an example of the innovative work undertaken by Heerema Marine Contractors for Tennet, the Dutch equivalent of National Grid. This is the future. A technology revolution is occurring and Britain has yet to grasp the opportunity. These converters do not need to...
Today, National Grid's Ben Wilson, President of National Grid Ventures confirmed that if the project proceeds, Nautilus would connect at the Isle of Grain, Kent - READ the National Grid Press Release HERE This follows on from Ofgem's announcement that it has approved...
During the ScottishPower ( SPR) Development Consent Order ( DCO) Examinations in 2020/21, our local campaign group Suffolk Energy Action Solutions ( SEAS) challenged ScottishPower on a number of issues relating to the cable trench route. One of our particular concerns...
On 13 October, Starmer singled out just one project in his rallying speech to global investors. It was ScottishPower’s EA2, costing £4billion, generating 1GW clean energy and delayed by regulation (4,000 documents ) and two years of judicial reviews. A view...
SEAS welcomes the news that National Grid has been awarded these monies to explore the benefits of superconducting cables and offshore islands/ platforms. Offshore grid technology advances are being taken up by North Sea countries who have been pioneering their own...
Offshore4sure has written an open letter 'The faster, more cost-efficient way to Net Zero', to Chris Stark who is heading up the Government's Mission Control 2030 and Fintan Slye CEO of the new NESO (National Energy System Operator). We outline how a meshed offshore...
SEAS recently responded to Ofgem's Regional Energy Strategic Plan policy framework consultation. We stressed the importance of spatial energy strategy planning and that it should be based on key design principles. 1. Refurbish/upgrade onshore infrastructure to...