A new industry for Britain
Summary
The report 'Offshore Wind - Onshore jobs' was produced by Europe's leading authority on sustainable energy and carbon management, Energy for Sustainable Development Ltd. It shows that the North East region, with its long history of manufacturing capacity, strong skills base and access to seaports, is ideally placed to reap the benefits of the wind power industry, which is the world's fastest growing energy source. The growing offshore wind power industry could bring up to 76,000 new jobs to the UK with up to 38,000 of them in the North East region of England.
