1,000 new jobs as Siemens project is given green light

Work is already underway to ensure the workforce in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire has the right skills to benefit from the growing renewables energy industry in the region.

James Webster spent the day with one apprentice who has just qualified in wind turbine maintenance:

It's predicted that thousands of additional jobs could be created as a result of Siemens decision to build wind turbine and blade manufacturing plants in East Yorkshire.

At Prime Minister's Questions today, David Cameron outlined his ambitions for ensuring new jobs go to workers here:

MatthewChinn, Managing Director of Siemens Energy UK & Ireland, has said that green lighting the manufacturing sites in Hull and East Yorkshire will mean a regeneration for the area.

Siemens says that Green Port Hull is also a landmark moment for the Humber region, promising regeneration and the creation of many hundreds of new jobs and new skills.

The manufacturing plans will help create around 1,000 jobs - 550 at the blade factory and 450 at Green Port Hull. The factory is expected to be up and running by 2017, in time for Hull to be City of Culture.

Fiona Dwyer visits Hull College where she meets students hoping to make a career out of renewable energy - and for whom today's announcement by Siemens is welcome news - and gauges response to the news from Hull's business community.

After much uncertainty and four years of promises it was finally confirmed today that almost a third of a billion pounds will be invested in Hull in new plants to make giant offshore wind turbines.

The German company Siemens which is behind the project says it hopes to kick start a whole new industry in the area. And they were backed by the Prime Minister David Cameron who flew in to take a look at the plans in person. Chris Kiddey reports..

The Chief Executive of Associated British Ports says Hull is the best place in Britain for a plant of this kind,

James Cooper says all the conditions were right for the Siemens project to go ahead.

The Prime Minister has been in Hull today as German technology giants Siemens announce plans for a new wind turbine plant.

David Cameron says the development is a game changer and one that will benefit the region for decades to come.

Hull East MP Karl Turner says the development of the Siemens plant in Hull makes the city the centre of offshore energy in the UK.

He was speaking after German technology giant announced £310million of investment in the city.

Prime Minister David Cameron has visited the site of the new Siemens wind turbine factory in Hull.

Hull City Council say the announcement that German technology company Siemens is to invest £310million in the region is excellent news.

Cllr Steven Bayes says the Government's delay in announcing its energy policy may have slowed the process down, but Siemens say the three year wait was due to the complexity of the project.