That was the reaction of the secretary of state for energy and net zero, Ed Miliband, as he hailed Britain's most easterly town and officially opened the newly completed £35m Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF).

The unveiling of the £35m Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). Paul Ager, ABP; Jess Asato, MP for Lowestoft; Ed Miliband, Henrik Pedersen, ABP; Lucia Firman, ABP; Hannah Kitcher, ABP and Julian Walker ABP. Picture: Anglia Picture Agency (Image: Rob Howarth/Anglia Picture Agency)

With the £35m construction of Associated British Ports’ (ABP) LEEF having been completed in the port's Outer Harbour last November, a new era of offshore energy growth was marked with the transformative infrastructure project that was supported by the Town’s........

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