Jobs News Offshore Wind Energy Industry Could Create Thousands Of Jobs

Thousands of jobs set to be created in South West

According to research published last year, the full delivery of Round 5 projects could support more than 5,000 new jobs and contribute £1.4 billion to the UK economy. The Crown Estate plans to release ... Read More

Chinese wind turbine maker to invest up to $2 billion in Scottish factory

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy will invest up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) to build a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland which could create up to 1,500 ... Read More

Rugile: Offshore wind powers jobs and growth for Long Island

If you’ve walked along Brooklyn’s Sunset Park waterfront lately, you may have noticed a new barge near the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, with a unique set of equipment onboard. This American-flagged ... Read More

New England Unions Lead the Way on Offshore Wind

Building trades unions in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are successfully fighting for offshore wind projects that create good union jobs and revitalize the economy. In the process, they’re showing ... Read More

Offshore wind learns the hard way the peril of US approvals

Renewables advocates warn of the unprecedented political risk introduced by Trump’s attacks, but fossil fuel proponents claim this is par for the course ... Read More

‘It’s going to hurt us’: Trump puts 15,000 offshore wind jobs at risk with halt orders

Cesar Lima never gave much thought to the politics of offshore wind. Most days, the ironworker focused on his shift 15 miles out at sea, climbing turbines and watching dolphins gliding past his vessel ... Read More

Ørsted strikes deal with labor union on U.S. offshore wind development

Danish renewable energy group Ørsted and North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) announced on Wednesday a deal to train an offshore wind construction workforce to build the firm's pipeline of ... Read More

Warning North Sea poised to miss out on 23000 jobs as 110 firms demand windfall tax reforms

The North Sea could miss out on up to 23,000 jobs if windfall tax reforms are not brought forward, industry leaders have warned ... Read More

Kicking out SNP would let Labour create thousands of jobs in Scotland, says Ed Miliband

Energy Secretary attacks Scottish Government for failing to embrace nuclear power Kicking out the SNP would let the UK Government create thousands of jobs in Scotland, Ed Miliband has said. The Labour ... Read More

First US offshore wind ship arrives for work amid Trump attacks

The Charybdis was expected to facilitate a wind power building boom. Now, its future is clouded as the president wages war on the industry. The first American-made offshore wind installation vessel is ... Read More

Chinese wind turbine manufacturer invests up to $2 Billion in Scottish factory

Ming Yang Smart Energy, a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, will invest up 1.5 billion pounds ($2billion) in Scotland to build ... Read More