A total of 300 new jobs are now being recruited for in Hull as Siemens Gamesa staffs up its expanding blade plant.
The footprint of the Green Port manufacturing site has been doubled in a £186 million investment in the city, and now headcount is being ramped up in readiness to operate it. A total workforce of 1,200 has been envisaged in the medium term, with a flexing of numbers to meet production demand seen in recent years.
It comes as the UK offshore wind development pipeline combined with operational sites stands at virtually 100 gigawatts, across 130 projects. Global demand is more than 10 times that, according to trade body RenewableUK. Hull-built blades - of which there are now more than 2,000 harnessing green energy - feature in the two largest British farms, off the Humber at Hornsea, as well as others off the coastline and in European waters.
