Designed to support operations and maintenance for the offshore energy industry, LEEF features expanded quay space, deep-water berthing, and modern connectivity for bunkering, water and electricity.<\/p>\n
\u201cPorts are a crucial foundation for delivering the energy transition while securing investments and jobs. LEEF showcases our commitment to sustainability and innovation,\u201d said Henrik Pedersen, CEO of ABP.<\/p>\n
Clean energy hub<\/strong><\/p>\n Operational since September 2024, the facility underpins Lowestoft\u2019s role as a leader in clean energy, creating local jobs and driving economic growth.<\/p>\n Mr Miliband praised the investment, calling it a \u201chuge vote of confidence\u201d in the UK\u2019s drive to become a clean energy superpower.<\/p>\n During his visit, Mr Miliband toured North Star\u2019s hybrid-electric service vessel Grampian Tweed, designed to support Equinor\u2019s Dogger Bank offshore windfarm and ScottishPower Renewables\u2019 control hub for the East Anglia ONE windfarm.<\/p>\n Jess Asato, MP for Lowestoft, emphasised the broader benefits: \u201cThis investment ensures Lowestoft thrives as a leader in offshore renewables, creating thousands of green energy jobs and securing a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n LEEF is part of ABP\u2019s GB\u00a31 billion investment in port infrastructure over five years, positioning the company as a vital enabler in the UK\u2019s transition to net zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF), a GB\u00a335 million port infrastructure project by Associated British Ports (ABP) has been officially opened by the UK\u00a0Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[28,566,1868,1733,345,539],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-abp","tag-associated-british-ports","tag-lowestoft-eastern-energy-facility","tag-offshore-renewables","tag-offshore-wind","tag-port-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}