Siemens is the latest wind turbine manufacturer to announce plans for a new UK factory. The factory is expected to create 700 new green collar jobs.
Siemens is looking at sites for the plant in the North East and East of England with good harbour access being a fundamental requirement.
The wind turbine company sees the UK offshore wind energy market as growing significantly in the future and says the 3rd round of offshore wind farm licensing by the Crown Estate will create a demand for 32 gigwatts.
Peter Loscher, President and CEO of Siemens AG said:
“With the new wind turbine production plant in the UK we’re pushing ahead with our strategy of investments in attractive growth markets for ecofriendly technology. In the foreseeable future the wind power market in the UK will be characterized by major offshore projects, and we’ll extend our market leadership with the new production plant”
Siemens is one of the two biggest offshore wind turbine companies alongside Vestas and has already built 11 offshore wind farms, over half of these in the UK. The company’s turbines also make up the largest onshore wind farm in Europe – Whitelee near Glasgow and Siemens say that around 40% of the wind energy in the UK is generated by their wind turbines.
Maria
April 20th, 2010
Its great that there is plenty of green energy coming into operation. Solar power was discovered in the 80’s and it has taken this long for people to start to become aware of it