The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the Siemens facility in Manchester this week and took the opportunity to speak of the bright future for the company in the offshore wind sector.
The tour involved visiting the facility that has carried out work on offshore wind energy. There were alse demonstrations of technologies used in the oil and gas sector, power stations and other industries.
Brown praised the work of Siemens in the UK and pointed to its crucial role in the future of UK wind energy and renewables.
Brown said that the Government had been working with Siemens on offshore wind energy which led to the company’s recent announcement of the hunt for a £80m new wind turbine manufacturing facility off the east / north east coast of England.
The desire to build a wind turbine factory, along with a number of other wind turbine manufacturers follows a statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last month to allocate funding of £60m to a competition for land development. Wind turbine manufacturers want to be well placed to cope with future demand expected to arise from the 3rd Round of UK offshore wind farms.
