New Siemens wind turbine blade factory in Hull opens

Business and Energy Secretary visits Hull for official opening of new Siemens wind turbine blade manufacturing facility.

Yesterday, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark visited Hull, for the official opening of the new Siemens wind turbine blade manufacturing facility, which over the next few years will supply 75 metre long turbine blades.

The blades will be suitable for a range of new offshore wind farms across the UK, including Dong Energy’s Hornsea One wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire, and Scottish and Southern Energy’s (SSE) Beatrice wind farm located in the Moray Firth.

Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: “This is exactly the relationship we want to see between our large infrastructure projects in the UK and our supply chain companies as part of our industrial strategy.

“Hull has established itself as an important manufacturing and engineering centre for this innovative and exciting new industry. In the coming years the new offshore wind projects that this factory will supply could generate enough clean electricity to power over 3 million homes and businesses – all with wind turbine blades produced by the dedicated and highly skilled Siemens workforce right here in Hull.

“Since 2010, there has been over £52Bn of investment in renewables in the UK – creating thousands of highly skilled jobs and opportunities here in the UK to support our low-carbon economy.”

The Siemens facility has created almost 800 new jobs, and the vast majority of these positions have now been filled by people living in the Hull area.

The Hull facility is Siemens’ premier site for the manufacture of the larger 75 metre (B75) blades for the 7+MW turbines, set up to currently run three moulds simultaneously and future options for a fourth mould. There are other blade production facilities for the B75 in Denmark, but Hull will become the main site for offshore blade production and is future proofed for the next generation of blades.

 

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