There may be no better place to see evidence of Britain’s shift to cleaner energy than a sleek industrial complex on the Humber estuary outside Hull, a faded port city.
On a July morning, workers in a brightly lit building were preparing molds for fiberglass wind turbine blades longer than football fields.
Outside on the docks, squat six-wheeled vehicles gingerly maneuvered a blade weighing 50 metric tons for loading onto a ship that would take it to Scotland for installation.
The factory, which is operated by Siemens Gamesa, a unit of the German company Siemens Energy, began producing the massive blades in 2016.
The factory is a case study for how the new British government under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose Labour Party delivered a decisive election victory last week, hopes to use investment in clean energy to bolster stagnant economic growth.
Persons:
Keir Starmer
Organizations:
Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy, British, Labour Party
Locations:
Humber, Hull, Scotland