HELP SASES - Stop mass industrialisation by energy projects on the Suffolk Coast
NATIONAL GRID THREATENS THE SUFFOLK COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE WITH THE LARGEST COMPLEX OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UK
With ongoing consultation for NGV Nautilus Interconnector (a subsea cable planned between the UK & Belgium) and the announcement of public consultations this November for National Grids’ Eurolink and Sealink projects. The Suffolk Coast faces a barrage of new energy projects. Combined with onshore infrastructure for Scottish Power Renewables EA1N & EA2 offshore wind farm applications, National Grid represent the biggest threat in over 50 years, since the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB was designated an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’.
Scottish Power & National Grid’s proposals set a precedent for unnecessary industrialisation of the Suffolk countryside and the Suffolk coast.
It’s clear a domino effect has started that will have dire consequences for protected landscapes on the Suffolk coast and the lives of residents living here.
HELP Stop this needless destruction
How you can help SASES
Suffolk Energy Consultations - Attend events & complete feedback
Sealink Consultation
National Grid are currently holding statutory consultation for proposals for Sealink grid connector. You can view details about Sealink consultation here:
National Grid’s Sealink website >>
Please try to attend one of the public information drop-in events.
It’s important as many people as possible submit views either online feedback or written feedback forms.
We need a better alternative, away from our AONB and our fragile & eroding coastline.
WRITE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Graham Stuart as the new Minister of State at the new Department For Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)
It is vital that a grid connections are chosen in line with the governments commitment to protect AONBs and the natural environment …failure to do this means ‘so called carbon neutral energy’ is being pursued at any cost, to the detriment of our AONB & countryside on the Suffolk coast.
Given that there is no existing grid connection at Friston, it is completely wrong for multiple projects to seek connection at this location.
Write to the Graham Stuart Minister of State at DESNZ, tell him energy proposals for Suffolk are wrong.
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Suffolk Energy Projects Consultations
Consultations are currently taking place for National Grid’s Sealink Project. National Grid will be holding a series of online and in person consultation events starting on the 8th November the consultation will run until the 18th December 2023.
You can view key dates and get access to official consultation documents using the tabs below.
National Grid Sealink Consultation
Sealink is a proposed UK grid connection via a new sub-sea cable link, it will require connection to the onshore grid and converter stations will need to be built both in Kent and Suffolk.
Current proposals at the Suffolk end involve constructing a converter station close to Saxmundham. The power would then be connected into the national grid via a proposed substation, yet to be constructed near Friston.
You can attend one of the public drop-in events below & view the Sealink consultation documents online here >>
| Date | Time | Location |
| Wednesday 8 November | 12:30pm-5:30pm | Old Generator Station, King’s Field, Aldeburgh, IP15 5HY |
| Thursday 9 November | 11am–4:30pm | Old Generator Station, King’s Field, Aldeburgh, IP15 5HY |
| Wednesday 15 November | 2:30pm–7:30pm | Cliffsend Village Hall, 55 Foads Lane, Cliffsend, Ramsgate, CT12 5JH |
| Thursday 16 November | 12pm–5:30pm | Minster Village Hall, 1 High Street, Minster, CT12 4BU |
| Friday 17 November | 10am–3pm | Guildhall, Cattle Market, Sandwich, CT13 9AH |
| Friday 24 November | 1pm–6pm | Market Hall, High St, Saxmundham, IP17 1AF |
| Saturday 25 November | 11am–4pm | Market Hall, High St, Saxmundham, IP17 1AF |
| Wednesday 29 November | 2pm–7pm | Cliffsend Village Hall, 55 Foads Lane, Cliffsend, Ramsgate, CT12 5JH |
| Saturday 2 December | 11am–3pm | Royal Harbour Academy, Marlowe Way, Newington, Ramsgate, CT12 6FA |
North Falls Suffolk offshore wind farm has scheduled public consultation to begin in May 2023 (dates, venues and times to be confirmed).
April 2023
Five Estuaries Wind Farm Consultation
Aldeburgh – Thu 13 April – 3 to 6pm at The Fairfield Centre, Fairfield Road
Southwold – Tue 18 April – 4 to 6pm at Stella Peskett Millennium Hall, Mights Road
Leiston – Wed 19 April – 1 to 4pm at Sizewell Sports & Social Club, King Georges Ave
North Falls Suffolk offshore wind farm has scheduled public consultation to begin in May 2023 (dates, venues and times to be confirmed).
April 2023
Five Estuaries Wind Farm Consultation
Aldeburgh – Thu 13 April – 3 to 6pm at The Fairfield Centre, Fairfield Road
Southwold – Tue 18 April – 4 to 6pm at Stella Peskett Millennium Hall, Mights Road
Leiston – Wed 19 April – 1 to 4pm at Sizewell Sports & Social Club, King Georges Ave
Write to the Secretary of State at BEIS
Graham Stuart was recently appointed as the new Energy Minister at DESNZ.
Mr Stuart sent an open letter to communities and campaigners in Suffolk in January 2023. His letter expresses a need for greater co-ordination of energy projects and that local communities must benefit for hosting onshore development.
However on the Suffolk coast it appears National Grid and energy developers are not signed up to this, virtually NOTHING has been offered up in the way of local benefit, not even basic community support or financial renumeration. There is no local resource to find out what help or assistance is being proposed locally.
Are his words hot air, or are his views being ignored by National Grid and developers? Just the same way National Grid and developers have ignored the glaring issue of cumulative impact of multiple energy developments in Suffolk!
CALL TO ACTION …Please write in response to Graham Stuarts letter and copy your letters to other key decision makers and influential locals.
Send responses by email to:
secretary.state@beis.gov.uk – Rt Hon Graham Stuart
Andrew Bowie (Energy Projects & Infrastructure)
therese.coffey.mp@parliament.uk – Rt Hon Theres Coffey (Suffolk Coastal MP)
Please CC to all the email list below (copy this list straight into the cc: field)
Minister.Stuart@beis.gov.uk,
Minister.Doyle-Price@beis.gov.uk, email@ranil.uk, Offshore.Coordination@beis.gov.uk, Offshore.Coordination@ofgem.gov.uk, InfrastructurePlanning@communities.gov.uk, zoe.keeton@rwe.com, Middleton-Fox.Jobshare@beis.gov.uk, richard.rout@suffolk.gov.uk, craig.rivett@eastsuffolk.gov.uk, Russ.Rainger@eastsuffolk.gov.uk, Tom.Daly@eastsuffolk.gov.uk, Andrew.Reid@suffolk.gov.uk
BCC list (Please add SASES email to the BCC field):
info@sases.org.uk
BEIS Offshore Transmission Network Review
With regards to BEIS Offshore Transmission Network Review it is important for us all to continue to make our concerns about the energy proposals on the Suffolk Coast loud and clear.
In Parliament on 19th May 2021 the Prime Minister provided the following response to South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge’s call for an urgently needed offshore grid:
….It is vital we bring the energy onshore in a way that has minimal disruption for local communities and enables us to maximise efficiency.”
(Boris Johnson)
BEIS MUST MAKE SURE BETTER SOLUTIONS ARE FOUND FOR OFFSHORE TO ONSHORE GRID CONNECTIONS.
How can Scottish Power’s EA1N & EA2 DCO’s be consented when they are the root cause of the issues here on the Suffolk coast?
Uncoordinated projects, unnecessary destruction of protected landscapes, industrial substations on 100s of acres of greenfield land, failure by National Grid and energy companies to co-ordinate to find least damaging solutions to connect offshore wind energy and interconnectors to the grid.
Given recent parliamentary debates on energy proposals and grid connection issues it is vital for our Suffolk authorities to work with the government departments. East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council must stand up for constituents/electors and our coastal environment. Our authorities must take a proactive but robust approach, to help ensure the BEIS Review delivers for the medium and short term, not just the long term.
DONATE - HELP
SASES are seeking to Save East Suffolk and the Suffolk Coast AONB from unnecessary industrial blight, we are up against the power of big energy companies who do not think about people or communities.
Energy companies don’t even want to acknowledge the damage their so-called ‘renewable developments’ pose to our natural environment, they are not seeking least damaging solutions, they are only concerned about getting the go-ahead for development and are using the green agenda to profiteer.
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Put up a poster, banner or placard
Download a poster, using the PDF templates below, these are print quality. You can print at A4 size on a home printer. For professional printing download the A3 or larger A2 version and get them printed on paper, card or waterproof foam / correx board for outdoor placards. PixartPrinting – will print on correx or foam board from £14.99 per A2 or A3 board use offer code ‘WELCOME’
A4 Poster – Click the image above & print this simple ‘NO SUBSTATION IN FRISTON’ poster on your home printer!
A3 Poster – Click the image above and then print or save the pdf file to send to a commercial printer.
A2 Poster – Click the image above, save the pdf file and send it to a commercial printer.