RenewableUK has released 'Rebirth of UK Manufacturing', a document highlighting manufacturing opportunities in the renewables sector. The document gives a number of case studies of companies already investing in onshore and offshore wind energy manufacturing in the UK, by expanding their facilities or opening new premises.
In the report and in the association's Budget Submission to the Treasury published earlier this month, industry has urged the Government to stand full square behind the manufacturing renaissance by: creating manufacturing super hubs around strategically positioned UK ports; expanding world class R&D facilities such as NaREC; investing £200 – £300 million pounds over the next 2-3 years in order to ensure multi-billion pound revenues in the long term; and ensuring that the sector is properly capitalised with the introduction of a 'Green Bank'.
