Friday, June 22, 2012

United Kingdom: Vestas abandons plans for Sheerness wind turbine factory

Guardian: Vestas, the biggest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, has abandoned plans to build a manufacturing base in Britain that had promised to create 2,000 jobs due to lack of orders. The move is a serious blow for the port of Sheerness in Kent which had been earmarked for the development but will also be seen by some as a vote of no confidence in the government's green policies at a time when subsidy levels are under review and other engineers such as Doosan of South Korea have shelved similar...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/22/vestas-abandons-plans-sheerness-jobs
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