Siemens Gamesa's plans to expand its blade factory at Hull in eastern England could generate as many as 200 new jobs at the facility, according to the UK Treasury.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visited the factory on 14 May to discuss how green jobs will drive the UK’s future economy and recovery from the pandemic.Treasury said Siemens Gamesa's plans to double the size of the site in Hull would create 200 further green jobs.
Siemens Gamesa had not responded for a request for comment at press time on the number of jobs to be created by the proposed expansion at Hull.
Sunak met apprentices and operatives manufacturing turbines, before viewing the first blade due to be sent off to Hornsea 2 this week off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea.
He said: “The UK is the largest producer of offshore wind energy in the world, and we are putting the Humber at the heart of our green recovery - link
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