German Financing to Create 1000 Jobs on Humber

by Guest Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:46 am

Wind Turbine Plants To Create 1,000 UK Jobs
An investment of more than £300m to produce and service turbines is set to boost the economy on the banks of the Humber.

A £310m investment in the country's offshore wind industry is set to deliver 1,000 new skilled jobs.

German manufacturer Siemens is putting up £160m of the money, covering two sites on the banks of the Humber estuary.

The investment comprises additional cash for its previously announced construction, assembly and service facility at the Green Port in Hull.

A new rotor blade manufacturing facility would be built in nearby Paull, in East Riding, the company said.

Siemens, which already employs almost 14,000 staff in the UK, said the plant at Paull would be the first of its kind for the firm's next-generation blade technology designed for wind turbines.

Each rotor blade is 75 metres long and when rotating covers an area the size of two-and-a-half football pitches.

The company's port partner, Associated British Ports (ABP), is spending £150m on the Green Port Hull development.

Michael Suess, chief executive of energy at Siemens, said: "Our decision to construct a production facility for offshore wind turbines in England is part of our global strategy.

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Green power and the EU lol