GENERATE unveils Great Yarmouth’s Operations and Maintenance campus
GENERATE has launched
a new video and 3D visualisation to promote Great Yarmouth’s new offshore
energy Operations and Maintenance Campus. The Campus aims to drive investment
in the renewable energy sector in the region.
The Operations and Maintenance Campus project is a collaboration between
Norfolk County Council (NCC), Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) and
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (New Anglia LEP) which operates
the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone.
Work on the Operations and Maintenance Campus – at the southern tip of
the South Denes peninsula - is fully funded and already underway with demolition
complete and new maritime facilities for service operation vessels and
crew transfer vehicles (and associated quay space, parking, servicing,
storage areas and access roads) being completed by the end of 2023. The
Campus is designed to be future proofed by being equipped for electric
vessels.
Situated close to the town’s deep water outer harbour, Great Yarmouth
Energy Park and the new third river crossing which is due to complete in
mid-2023.
The partnership project is being delivered by Norfolk County Council, with
investment and support from both Great Yarmouth Borough Council and New
Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
Councillor Graham Plant, Mayor of Great Yarmouth and Deputy Leader for
Norfolk County Council, said: ‘’Clean energy is playing an increasingly
important role in Great Yarmouth’s economic growth strategy and, working
closely with our strategic partners, we are investing significantly in
this new state-of the-art facility. The Operations and Maintenance Campus
will be a flagship development for companies working within the offshore
wind sector and I’m delighted that work to deliver this key infrastructure
has already begun. It will provide companies with a unique opportunity
to influence how the area is developed, with bespoke design-and-build packages
and standardised accommodation units giving businesses looking to locate
to the area a range of attractive options to consider. Here at Great
Yarmouth Borough Council, we are optimistic the Campus will attract important
investment and support regeneration and create jobs in our community.’’
Chris Starkie, Chief Executive of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership,
commented: “This development will not only deliver for Great Yarmouth
but for the entire region, attracting investment, generating jobs, and
further positioning our coast as an international hub for offshore wind.
The ports of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft have become strategic centres
for the renewables sector and have huge potential for further growth in
their world-class operations and maintenance facilities, manufacturing
and assembly.
“This £21.4 million facility will put the area at the forefront of technological
advancements in O&M and its excellent transport links to London and
Europe and its location right next to Yarmouth’s deep-water port makes
it perfectly located to serve the offshore wind industry.”
The promotional video was produced by filmmakers MOTIV productions.
