Wales to embrace wind

Posted on 29 Jan 2010 by The Manufacturer

An announcement by engineering firm, Mabey Bridge, that it will invest £38m in a Chepstow-based factory to build and paint wind turbine towers has been welcomed by BWEA Cymru.

The investment is expected to create 240 new skilled jobs in Monmouthshire. However, the trade and professional body for UK wind and marine renewables industries, BWEA Cymru, warned that the success of renewable technology manufacturing in Wales depends on onshore wind farms gaining planning permission. Wales, it says, must not squander the opportunity to establish…

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