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More jobs in wind power for UK

Britain had moved to the world’s leading position in installed offshore wind capacity at 1,341 megawatts (MW), followed by Denmark and the Netherlands…

Wind power firms plan UK sites, to create jobs | Reuters, By Karolin Schaps LONDON Jan 20, 2011 – Three global wind farm companies stepped up their commitment to Britain’s growing renewable energy industry on Thursday by announcing plans to build factories and research centers, creating up to 1,400 jobs.
German engineering services company Siemens, Spanish wind power developer Gamesa and Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas said on Thursday they planned to build wind turbine factories and research centers in strategic coastal towns across Britain…………..

Vestas announced that it would open a new blade development and test center on the Isle of Wight this summer, making up to 400 jobs for skilled engineers available…..

The chief executive of Swedish utility Vattenfall said on Wednesday that the company was planning on opening a new UK headquarters office in London.The utility expects to invest billions of pounds until 2015 into Britain’s wind industry, which it described on Thursday at the Nordic-Baltic summit held in London as its “number one priority” in the area of renewable energy.

Britain aims to build 32 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity — equivalent to 32 large nuclear power reactors — to meet legally binding renewable energy targets.

Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) showed on Wednesday that Britain had moved to the world’s leading position in installed offshore wind capacity at 1,341 megawatts (MW), followed by Denmark and the Netherlands…

Wind power firms plan UK sites, to create jobs | Reuters

January 22, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | employment, renewable, UK