10:03 AM, 10th February 2021 A 50/50 joint venture between Macquarie s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Total has been successful in securing rights to a seabed lease in the Eastern Regions zone in the Crown Estate s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4. (Representative Image)
PARIS, FRANCE: A 50/50 joint venture between Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Total has been successful in securing rights to a seabed lease in the Eastern Regions zone in the Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4.
The project, which will be located off the UK’s East Anglian coast, could deliver up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewable electricity and represents a significant early stage investment in the UK offshore wind sector for both companies.
STOURBRIDGE MP Suzanne Webb has pledged to support the efforts of campaigners fighting to preserve open fields on the border of Norton. The Save Clent View Road Fields action group was set up to campaign against development of agricultural land, opposite Clent View Road, on the South Staffordshire/Dudley borough border. Last Christmas they handed over a petition with more than 2,000 names to the leader of South Staffordshire District Council, Councillor Brian Edwards, to show their opposition to any future development of the green belt land which is being eyed up by leading housebuilder Taylor Wimpey. Now a year has passed in a flash, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has kept many people indoors and focussed on saving the lives of themselves and their loved ones, but members of the action group say they have not gone away and they remain determined to do all they can to fight to keep the unspoilt fields as they are.
Halesowen Manor Abbey by News Group Camera Club member Henrik Olsson FOURTEEN green sites in the borough will be given extra protection from developers if councillors give proposals the green light. Dudley Council officers are recommending that the sites either be designated or re-designated as Nature Conservation Sites, following independent inspections by ecologists. Eight of the fourteen sites are being proposed for the first time – and half are in Halesowen, where an active campaign group has been lobbying the council to protect the green belt. The sites are:
Halesowen Manor Abbey by News Group Camera Club member Henrik Olsson FOURTEEN green sites in the borough will be given extra protection from developers if councillors give proposals the green light. Dudley Council officers are recommending that the sites either be designated or re-designated as Nature Conservation Sites, following independent inspections by ecologists. Eight of the fourteen sites are being proposed for the first time – and half are in Halesowen, where an active campaign group has been lobbying the council to protect the green belt. The sites are: