More good news for engineering graduates considering jobs in the renewable energy sector. Planning permission has been granted for the new Humber Gateway Wind Farm, to be sited 8km off the Holderness coast of Yorkshire.
The project will be developed by Humber Wind Limited, a subsidiary of E.ON. It will have up to 77 turbines and generate 230MW, enough to power around 150,000 homes.
This new development follows on from the news reported on targetjobs.co.uk recently that jobs in the wind energy sector grew by 91% between 2007/8 and 2009/10.
An E.ON spokesperson told TARGETjobs Engineering: ‘Humber Gateway is the first offshore wind farm to be consented since 2008 – this is not only fantastic news for E.ON but also the industry. We hope that the sector will continue to grow and that graduates will appreciate just how much the energy industry has to offer for the engineers of the future.’
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