£20 million government grant secures over 300 jobs at Vestas wind turbine factory

The government has this week confirmed a £20 million grant to save more than 300 jobs at the Vestas wind turbine blade factory in Newport. The Danish manufacturer has operated the facility on the Isle of Wight for over 20 years. UK’s only onshore wind blade facilityThe facility will become the country’s only onshore wind blade manufacturing site. The government’s lifting of the onshore wind ban made this action possible, revitalising an industry that had been stagnant for almost a decade. After years of decline, the government has given industry the tools through the ‘Onshore Wind Strategy’ to build onshore wind.