Suffolk

Second life battery pioneer, Connected Energy will be installing the first of its new generation of optimised energy storage systems as part of Suffolk County Council’s latest project, The Hold.

The consortium intends to sign Memorandums of Understanding with UK regions to guarantee British jobs and investment in the building of the proposed nuclear plant

Almost 43,000 LED street lights will reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 80% and save £90k on its energy bills

Drivers will be able to pay by contactless payment without having to register with networks or apps or become members of organisations

Almost 2,000 homes in Suffolk are being offered free rooftop solar panels. Havebury Housing Partnership has awarded a contract to renewables firm Saving Energy to install the solar arrays. It is urging tenants to take up the offer for the project, which it claims will help them save up to 50% on their electricity bills. […]

The waste deal between Norfolk and Suffolk has been extended to 2020. The agreement, which was signed until 2016 last year, allows Norfolk County Council to send its waste to a Suffolk facility where it is treated to generate electricity. It processes around 210,000 tonnes of residual waste that Norfolk generates each year. Matthew Hicks, […]

The Government has given permission to Norfolk County Council to send its waste to a Suffolk facility where it will be treated to generate electricity. The agreement between the two authorities will see 40,000 tonnes of Norfolk’s household waste being treated at the Great Blakenham waste-to-energy plant in Suffolk. The facility, operated by SITA UK, […]

A huge offshore wind farm which is expected to pump more than £500 million worth of investment into the UK economy has been given the green light by the Government. Developers of the East Anglia One project, located off the coast of Suffolk, plan to install up to 240 turbines – enough to power around […]

Medium-sized businesses in Suffolk can get four days of free advice on how to cut energy with a new scheme backed by the county council. Launching on New Year’s Day (1 Jan 2014), the new programme is open to businesses with between 50 and 250 staff in the coastal county. Eligible companies will get help […]

You may have had a few bottles of beer over the weekend but have you ever thought about its environmental impact? Well, a Suffolk-based brewery claims to be the first in the UK to have measured the carbon equivalent emissions for the whole lifecycle of its bottled beers. It covers everything from the growth of […]