Regional news: North West

North West

Charles Hendry with Dewlay’s wind turbine in Garstang

Just some of the substantial commercial announcements made publicly since April 2011 in the region:

£5m investment, 957 jobs

Siemens: Renewable Energy Engineering Centre, up to 340 jobs
Granada Material Handling: £multi-million contract from RWE for Gwynt y Mor wind farm
Camell Laird: £5m contract from RWE for Gwynt y Mor. Up to 600 jobs in next decade
Peel Energy: 20MW biomass plant, 17 jobs
Bio-Group: deal with British Gas to build AD facility
Farmgen: planned three developments in Cumbria, potential for hundreds of jobs
Eco Environments: planned expansion

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