Spanish wind power company Gamesa will build a £125m offshore windfarm facility in the port of Leith, creating around 800 jobs, it said on Friday.
The announcement comes just days after George Osborne said in his budget that “renewable energy will play a crucial part in Britain’s energy mix”, after warnings by major wind companies that their investments in the UK were under threat from political uncertainty.
The manufacturing facility, on the northern edge of Edinburgh, will produce blades and generator units for offshore wind turbines, which David Cameron said at a major speech on Monday would be the focus for UK renewable energy because of energy security and the economic opportunity it presented.
David Cameron today welcomed Gamesa’s investment: “This is fantastic news for Scotland and shows that the UK remains an attractive place for foreign investment. Scotland benefits from UK-wide initiatives to promote renewables and access to the entire UK consumer market. That, coupled with the economic security that comes from being part of one of the world’s most successful unions, makes Scotland an obvious place for companies like Gamesa to invest in.”
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