BVG Associates Ltd and Douglas Westwood Ltd were commissioned by 1st East in early 2009 on behalf of the Implementation Team which is a public/private sector partnership consisting of the East of England Energy Group, Renewables East, Associated British Ports, Suffolk County Council, SLP Engineering, East of England Development Agency, Waveney District Council and NWES. The commission was to undertake a demand and need study that would identify the optimum energy sector activity at the
proposed Lowestoft PowerPark.