A new centre for Offshore Wind Technology could create 130 jobs in Glasgow with Dundee in the frame for manufacturing and logistics investment.

The Spanish company Gamesa plans to establish a research base for offshore wind technology in Glasgow, the proposals could create 130 engineering jobs.

The company is also developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and Forth Ports plc to advance a further potential development in Dundee around manufacturing, logistics and operations and maintenance, conditional upon development of offshore wind projects in the area and as part of a bid to the Scotland’s National Renewables Infrastructure Fund for support.


If implemented successfully, Gamesa’s offshore plan could represent an investment of €50 million in Scotland and create 300 direct jobs in the country.

The announcement comes just a few months after Gamesa unveiled its industrial plan for offshore wind power in the United Kingdom, where it plans to invest more than €150 million through 2014.

In related news figures released by the European Wind Energy Association confirmed that the UK has established itself as the world's largest producer of offshore wind energy, accounting for almost half the capacity available in the whole of Europe.

(GK)