An interesting FT article today discusses the challenges facing the UK's efforts to transition to clean energy, specifically focusing on the Labour government's ambitious plans. It argues that the goal set by Ed Miliband, the UK energy secretary, to transform...
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Please read below an example of a great recent Support Letter to Ed Miliband. In it, three flawed assumptions relating to current plans are questioned with the conclusion that the Secretary of State should re-think these plans for better solutions. "Dear Mr Milliband,...
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...
We now have thousands of followers and media coverage is growing. This FT article in the Friday 3 January edition highlights the existential threats to livelihoods and to the very essence of what this region is and signals the risk to future stability and wellbeing...
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...
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'sย Mission Control 2030ย and Fintan Slye CEO of the newย NESOย (National Energy System Operator). ย We outline how a meshed offshore...
On the 1st of September an amazing c. 500 strong group of supporters gathered together beside the Scallop on Aldeburgh Beach for our Offshore4sure 'With Once Voice' Beach Rally.ย Thank you so much to every one of you who showed up, applauded, cheered, booed and...
โThis announcement from the Minister for Energy scrapping the OCSS is not necessarily bad news.โ SEAS suspected that this award made by the OCSS was a way to halt sensible pilot options for LionLink to pool energy with ScottishPower ( SPR) EA1N and EA2; and Nautilus...
We have been bombarded with developer and Ofgem consultations recently including this 'Consultation on the proposed regulatory funding and approval framework for onshore transitional Centralised Strategic Network Plan 2 projects'. In our opinion this consultation...
One of our supporters recently had an interesting exchange with an 'Engagement Analyst' at Ofgem, who replies to some emails on behalf of Ofgem's CEO Jonathan Brearley. See the exchange below with 1. The original email, 2. The Ofgem reply and then 3. The further...
Nautilus has changed plans deciding to come to Friston after all, and Ofgem has held a consultation on these changes for which we had to submit our views by 15 August. The revised plans will require the construction of a dedicated substation at Friston and an...
In Newsletter 149 we introduced the changes that NGET are proposing in the Sea Link Project Update and we advised supporters of how to submit guidance and the points to focus on in Newsletter 152. SEAS has now submitted its own more detailed feedback and you can READ...
Some great news coverage recently signalling the benefits of offshore grids and offshore platforms & energy islands. Sir Kier Starmer has said it doesn't matter where good ideas come from and that the Government plans to learn from best practices in Europe. These...
See SEAS Open Letter to the Press and key Organisations reproduced here below: Britainโs Winning Strategy for Energy Infrastructure 2025 to 2050 An open letter calling for imagination, common sense and consideration to local communities as the nation decides on the...
To a packed house of 280 local residents, Bishop Martin chaired the Energy Election Hustings Q&A session with good humour and grace. The four political candidates participating were:Dr Therese Coffey, ConservativeJulian Cusack, GreenJenny Riddell-Carpenter,...
Concerns about a lack of well-thought-through policies and joined-up thinking about National Gridโs Great Grid Upgrade have prompted the Suffolk Preservation Society (SPS) to join with Norfolk and Essex branches of the CPRE (Campaign To Protect Rural England) to...
The debate was called by Matt Warman MP (Conservative, Boston and Skegness) ย WATCH the excellent speeches by Wera Hobhouse HERE and by Therese Coffey HERE ย Key Points: There is virtual unanimity amongst all the MPs who spoke that the current upgrade plans need to be...
National Grid are using subsea HVDC cables on multiple projects, making claims this technology is too expensive a nonsense. National Grid has multiple projects in the pipeline that utilise the long-distance transmission of power using HVDC subsea cables and yet...
Therese Coffey has been busy on our behalf. On 29 March, Suffolk Coastal's MP spoke with forthright candour to the Delegated Legislation Committee, which was considering the Government's Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy - WATCH her informative speech HERE...
Good news. On 1 March 2024, Ofgem published a very important report recommending a future transmission network design resembling a meshed offshore grid. It was called: โInitial Project Assessment (IPA) of the Offshore Hybrid Asset (OHA) Pilot Projects" ย OHAโs are...
SEAS analysed LionLinkโs massive Environmental Impact Scoping Report, and sent its formal response objecting on four counts:1) Roads and Traffic2) Tourism and Hospitality3) Coastal erosion and Geology4) Biodiversity and Ecology READ the SEAS Response to the LionLink...
To help you to respond to the LionLink Environmental Impact Scoping Report (by 4 April), please find below and HERE suggested letter text from a local resident to guide/inspire you to write your own. We suggest sending it to the following emails...
โ ๏ธโ ๏ธ On Friday 22nd, THE JUDGMENT was handed down from the COURT of APPEAL, and we are SORRY to SHARE the NEWS that it went AGAINST Suffolk Energy Action Solutions. We will need to study the reasons for the decision and then consider if we can apply to the Supreme...
SEAS protested against unnecessary National Grid onshore infrastructure outside Suffolk County Council's Endeavour House office on Thursday 21 March ahead of their meeting. The leader of Suffolk County Council said the authority 'recognised the impact' plans to...
Great BBC article on their website and Politics East covered the publication of National Grid ESO's East Anglia Study Results, with SEAS Fiona Gilmore, Therese Coffey and Clive Lewis. There are better alternatives to current plans as studio guests agree and National...
In Newsletter 136ย we urged you to write to key decision makers, giving you template text and a distribution list to create emails in your own words. Here on this page/post we will show examples of great letters from a supporters that might give you further...
EXPLODING THE MYTHS National Gridโs propaganda asserts the following claims. SEAS supporters should challenge their assertions. โOffshore solutions are not straightforward for GB. Because our wind farms are so much bigger than Belgiumโs. GB canโt do these offshore...
Last week, we were assailed with devastating news regarding LionLinkโs plans:LionLinkโs Non-Statutory Consultation documents, confirmed proposals for ANOTHER HUGE 26 m HIGH SAXMUNDHAM CONVERTER STATION and LANDFALLS at WALBERSWICK or REYDON/ SOUTHWOLD, all...
See ITV Anglia's extended piece on LionLink's proposed landfall sites and its impact on the Suffolk Coast. National Grid has revealed the preferred landfall sites and cabling routes for the LionLink interconnector between Holland and the UK, with proposed landfall at...
National Grid has revealed the preferred landfall sites and cabling routes for the LionLink interconnector between Holland and the UK, with proposed landfall at Southwold or Walberswick. This makes it more likely that Sea Link an HVDC cable between Suffolk and Kent,...
Wasn't it great to see Ralph Fiennes on Sunday with Laura Kuennsberg 11 February, in such eloquent and passionate form, what a terrific champion and knowledgeable advocate for the SEAS cause. To make hisย filmย COASTย and for this Laura Kuennsbergย interview, he has shown...
Campaign group Suffolk Energy Action Solutions (SEAS) has launched a national petition and short documentary 'Coast' starring Ralph Fiennes to stop National Grid's infrastructure proposals as part of The Great Grid Upgrade.
Suffolk coast is under siege by National Grid NG's destructive infrastructure plans sparks a national petition and a powerful film 'Coast' appeal. Suffolkโs coastline, a haven of windswept beaches and ancient heathlands, faces an unprecedented threat. National Grid...
Please sign and share our National Petition! Alongside it is a brilliant new film 'COAST' made for SEAS by Ralph Fiennes and Director Charles Sturridge, with many film crew and animators also giving up their time for free. This film superbly captures what we have to...
SEAS Fiona Gilmore believes National Grid ESO will carry out a 'comparative study' into bringing the cables onshore at Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex VS a new substation at Friston.
SEAS sent a detailed response to SeaLink about their recent Statutory Consultation, pushing back against their unsatisfactory consultation and misguided plans
โ....why ride roughshod over all the environmental protections in place for this area when there are alternative routes?โ David Riches, WALL
Prof Nick Butler Energy Economist and Rosie Pearson from Pylons interviewed about Britain's energy infrastructure
The OTNR took three years to be completed heralding new policy reforms for a Future Framework, at last a master plan in the making.
We correct National Grid's disingenuous Offshore Grid costings for East Anglia with a joint letter with Pylons to Andrew Bowie
Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk Community Groups are jointly demanding a review of an offshore grid linking ALL of East Angliaโs windfarms & interconnectors to offshore energy platforms, subsea cabling power to suitable brownfield landing sites.