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UK Renewables Investment and Jobs Map North East Announced: £46M Investment, 450 Jobs Scotland Biomass Plant Northern Ireland UK Renewables Investment and Jobs Map North East Announced: £46m investment, 450 jobs Scotland biomass plant. Up to 120 jobs Announced: £50m investment, 1413 jobs • Belfast Harbour: DONG Energy £40m tailor-made Announced: £161.7m investment, 424 jobs • RWE: recruiting 30 staff at biomass plant • TAG Energy Solutions: Billingham offshore wind turbine installation harbour for West of Duddon Sands offshore • Gamesa: Offshore Wind Technology Centre. Up to 130 jobs • Land Energy: at least 14 jobs at biomass plant foundation factory. Up to 400 jobs. Secured first contract wind farm. Up to 450 jobs • EnergyHunt: will maintain Gaoh Energy’s met mast for • PV Solar UK: 22 graduate jobs from Wilton Engineering Group • Harland and Wolff: contract for Gwynt y Mor wind farm; Moray Firth wind farm • Private hydro scheme: £3.5m investment into local con- • Visser and Smit Marine Contracting Ltd: recruiting for 10 • provided assembly for Ormonde and Robin Rigg wind • Dron&Dickson: £6m investment from Clydesdale Bank. tractors in Argyllshire. At least 20 jobs staff and taken on three apprentices full time farms; won work for tidal turbines. The shipyard is 75% • Burntisland Fabrications: construction work for • Alstom: recruiting 15 staff • Air Products: 49MW biomass plant. Up to 750 jobs offshore renewables-based Vattenfall’s Ormonde wind farm in NW England • Rio Tinto: 12 jobs at 5MW hydro plant • Rio Tinto Alcan: planned biomass conversion. £50m • Powerteam: £3.7m contract from SSE Renewables • I&H Brown: contract from RWE for Gwynt y Mor wind farm • MAC: £170,000 contract from AWS Ocean Energy. 5 jobs investment. Up to 250 jobs and safeguard 630 jobs • Hutchinson Engineering: £1.2m contract from Xeres Wind • Jones Bros: new base in Inverness, 6 jobs; contract from • ASL: £8m of investments secured • GB Renewable Energy: contract from Northumberland Europe Eneco for 51MW wind farm • Aquamarine Power: £7m investment from shareholders County Council. Will recruit and train local people • Creagh Concrete: £1.1m contract from Renewable Energy • Statkraft: £60m investment into 52.5MW Baillie onshore and £3.4m loan from Barclays Generation wind farm. Operated by Baillie WindFarm Ltd • Gael Force Group: £900,000 contract from Ocean Power • Lagan Construction: contract from Land Energy • Burcote Wind: £5.7m investment from Hotbed Technologies North West • RJ McLeod: contract for Statkraft’s 52.5MW Baillie on- • ARED, Vattenfall and Technip: planned European Offshore Announced: £5m investment, 957 jobs shore wind farm; £17m contract for Scrabster Harbour Wind Deployment Centre • Siemens: Renewable Energy Engineering Centre. Up to 340 • Carbon Free Developments and Adam Smith College: wind • Banks Group: planned 80MW Kype Muir wind farm. Up to jobs Wales farm to pay for 125 apprenticeships 50 jobs. • Granada Material Handling: £multi-million contract from Announced: £779.8m investment, 1399 jobs • Helius Energy: £44m of contracts awarded for 7.2MW • Diageo: planned £6m investment into biomass plant. RWE for Gwynt y Mor wind farm. Will award local • Gwynt y Mor wind farm: £multi-million contract to Granada sub-contracts Material Handling; £275,000 subcontract to DRB Group, 6 • Camell Laird: £5m contract from RWE for Gwynt y Mor. Up The investment and job numbers featured jobs to 600 jobs in next decade 1 April - 7 October here are illustrative of the substantial • Mabey Bridge: £38m onshore wind turbine towers factory, 2011 commercial announcements made publicly • Peel Energy: 20MW biomass plant. 17 jobs 240 jobs; two major framework agreements with RWE and across the UK since April. They do not paint • Bio-Group: deal with British Gas to build AD facility EWT an exhaustive picture, given there are many • Farmgen: planned three developments in Cumbria. • Port of Mostyn: £50m contract from RWE for Gwynt y Mor, renewable energy projects and enterprises Potential for hundreds of jobs 100 jobs already under way, and others where the • Eco Environments: planned expansion • Albion Ventures and Infinite Energy: £1.5m investment into final details have yet to be announced. single wind turbine site • Anglesey Aluminium Metals Renewables: £600m Yorkshire investment into 299MW biomass plant. Up to 700 jobs Announced: £349.5m investment, 2290 jobs • Welsh Water: £40m investment into AD facility • MTL: £multimillion contract from German offshore wind farm • S&C Electric: expanding into Swansea. 3 jobs • Atkins: contract from Forewind • EcoPellets Ltd: planned biomass plant. £100m investment, • MPI Offshore Ltd: six year charter with Eon up to 450 jobs • Banks Renewables: £21m investment into two wind farms. Funding agreement with Co-op Bank • Drax: Two 299MW biomass plants. Up to 1500 jobs West Midlands • ECO2: 40MW biomass plant. Up to 80 jobs and local straw contract £6m p/a Announced: £8.5m investment, 50 jobs • PDM: 2.8MW AD plant. 41 jobs • Forkers Ltd: £3.5m contract for RES’s 26MW Wadlow wind farm. Local • A Shade Greener: £20m investment from GE Capital. 60 jobs sub-contracts will be offered • Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe: £2.5m investment. Up to 50 jobs • MAN (collaboration of nine manufacturing companies): £5m worth of • Humber Work Boats: contract from Neptune Renewable Energy contracts. 50 jobs • Real Ventures: planned 50MW biomass plant. £130m investment, up to 285 jobs • C Spencer Ltd: planned hybrid power station. £150 investment, up to 260 jobs London • Oakapple Renewable Energy Ltd: secured £20m of investment. 14 jobs within Announced: £7m investment two years • Houlder: first sale of Turbine Access System to Turbine Transfers • Ennoviga Solar Ltd: £7m contract from Thames Water • 40South Energy: preliminary agreement with two Italian developers for sale East Midlands of machines Announced: £10m investment, 100 jobs • Centrica: maintenance and operations base in Grimsby. Up to 100 jobs • Toyota: £10m investment in solar panels at Derbyshire plant South West Announced: 22 jobs • Offshore Marine Management: contract from Fluor for Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm South East • Green Home Company: £15m investment from East • LIC Energy UK: new office in Bristol. Up to 20 jobs. Announced: £172m investment, 2276 jobs Santander Announced: £101.1m investment, 120 jobs • Arcus: opened third office in Swindon. At least 2 jobs • South Boats: 5 contracts. One from Turbine Transfers • Ardenham Energy Ltd: £2m investment from Bridge • Seajacks: £100m contract from German company WindMW. 70 jobs • Powersystems UK: contract for Statkraft’s 52.5MW worth £13m Ventures • 317MW Sheringham Shoal wind farm: operational summer 2012. 50 jobs Baillie wind farm • Raymond Brown: contracts from Enercon. Onshore • Vestas: planned wind turbine factory in Sheerness. Up • Gaoh Energy: £multi-million contract from Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd. • Good Energy: contract from clothing retailer wind to 2000 jobs Planned subcontract to AKD Engineering Supergroup. Sales increase of 3.5% • Interserve: £10m contract from Keppel Seghers • Eneco: planned 900-1200MW Navitus Bay wind farm off • Wells Harbour: contracts from Scira for Sheringham Shoal. Extra staff have • IT Power: contract from Chinese company • Forever Fuels: £2m investment to double capacity Isle of Wight been recruited Longyuan Power Group • Dalkia: appointed partner by Co-op Group to build a • Real Ventures: planned 50MW biomass plant. £130m • Alicat Workboats: signed agreement with Lyman Morse Boatyard to build • RWE: planned 1500MW Atlantic Array wind farm in CHP plant investment, up to 235 jobs range of offshore wind support vessels in USA Bristol Channel • Emu Ltd: expanding, 41 new staff • HRH Heat Exchangers Ltd: £1.1m contract from SSE 1 April - 7 October Total announced investment: £1.69bn The investment and job numbers featured here are illustrative of the substantial commercial announcements made publicly Total announced jobs: 9501 across the UK since April. They do not paint an exhaustive picture, given there are many Scotland renewable energy projects and enterprises already under way, and others where the final details have yet to be announced. £161.7m investment, 424 jobs Northern Ireland North East £46m investment, 450 jobs £50m investment, 1413 jobs North West Yorkshire £5m investment, 957 jobs £349.5m investment, 2290 jobs West Midlands East Midlands £8.5m investment, 50 jobs £10m investment, 100 jobs Wales East £779.8m investment, 1399 jobs £101.1m investment, 120 jobs South West London 22 jobs £7m investment South East £172m investment, 2276 jobs.
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