£12 billion in offshore wind investment to power the nation sustainably and back British jobs🔋💡
The Prime Minister has welcomed a record investment in British clean energy ahead of the COP31 summit:
✅ £12 billion from energy company RWE and investment firm KKR to build the Vanguard East and West offshore wind farms off Norfolk – believed to be the biggest investment of its kind in UK history
✅ Enough clean power for around 3 million homes by 2030
✅ Supporting over 2,400 jobs, plus a further 2,677 skilled jobs backed by Scottish and Southern Energy’s Berwick Bank B wind farm in Scotland
✅ £1 billion from the National Wealth Fund to unlock private investment – more British-controlled power to bring bills down