Energy and climate change secretary announces funding for a new factory that will make the largest offshore windblades in the world
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, today announced a boost for green jobs including government funding for a new factory in the north-east, which will make the largest offshore windblades in the world.
Miliband used a speech to the TUC in Liverpool to unveil a £4.4m grant to Clipper Windpower to develop offshore wind turbines, with blades 70m long and weighing over 30 tonnes, "the size of a jumbo jet".
"With strong government backing, the UK is consolidating its lead in offshore wind energy. We already have more offshore wind energy than any other country, we have the biggest wind farm in the world about to start construction, and now we'll see the biggest turbine blades in the world made here in Britain," Miliband said.
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