New Jobs At Sea

Tuesday March 2010, 08:35:25

Glasgow has been chosen as the location for Spanish energy firm Iberdrola to build offshore wind farms which could lead to the Scottish city becoming a global centre for microgeneration technology,creating hundreds of jobs in the process.The firm already has plans afoot to build 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in British waters, and if this is successful it could provide nearly twice the amount of energy needed .Iberdrola, which owns fellow energy firm ScottishPower, will be developing high-voltage grid improvements including substations and links from new wind farms.Ignacio Galan, chairman and chief executive of Iderdrola, told the news provider: "Glasgow is our preferred location to establish the new business, and we hope to tap into the highly skilled resource pool in the area."We have a close link to the city, our headquarters are based there and we hope too that the new jobs we are creating will help to ensure that we continue to have a positive impact on the local economy."Figures from the Global Wind Energy Council have estimated that global wind power capacity grew by 31 per cent in 2009.Rapid Electronics is a leading UK supplier of energy saving products.