Siemens believes the \u00a360m (around $100m) pot of money available from the recent budget will spur a number of the UK\u2019s ports into bidding for the funding in order to grow a port facility to handle wind farm technology.<\/p>\n
Depending on the ports\u2019 success, it is envisaged that Siemens will then be able to go forward with plans for most appropriate facility, probably on a site on the east or north east coast of England. Siemens in turn has promised to bring another \u00a380m to the industrial development.<\/p>\n
Andreas J Goss, Siemens\u2019s chief executive officer in the UK, said that the recent budget \u201cgives us confidence that the appropriate UK port infrastructure can be made available\u201d.<\/p>\n
This follows an announcement of General Electric\u2019s intention to spend around E113m ($152m) on an offshore turbine factory in the UK that will employ 1,900 people, and last month work started on an offshore-turbine blade plant in Newcastle, that is looking at employing 500 people in a decade\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the European power division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to invest heavily in a research facility in the UK.<\/p>\n
Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust commented on this by saying that the UK\u2019s offshore wind industry has taken a major step forward, adding that \u201cSiemens and GE’s back to back decisions to invest in the UK to build new wind turbine factories is a clear sign that we are not just open for business but we are now winning business.\u201d He goes on to say, \u201cOffshore wind is a priority for the UK as it can not only deliver a quarter of our electricity needs but also generate some 220,000 jobs and \u00a365bn of net economic benefit over the next forty years.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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