Growing up in East Anglia, I’ve spent my whole life surrounded by the clean energy industry, seeing fields of solar and onshore wind around Cambridge, Sizewell on the Suffolk coast and turbines out to sea all along the Suffolk and Norfolk Coast.

I chose to study here in Norwich at the University of East Anglia, and when the opportunity came for me to choose my modules on my BSc geography degree, I naturally focused on those related to energy and climate change. UEA is globally renowned for its climate research, which goes on to inform policy decisions and influence industry like the energy sector.

Will Sealey, community liaison officer for RWE’s Vanguard West, East and Boreas Offshore Wind Farms (Image: RWE)

UEA has produced home-grown talent that remains in our sector and region.

My colleagues Aitana Ramon Guillena and Matt Keal were engineering students who took ‘Year........

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