UK energy secretary Ed Miliband is expected to tell offshore wind executives in London today (17 June) that the government will provide a “genuinely transformative” investment into domestic supply chain growth.
Speaking at RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2025 conference, Miliband will announce a major public and private sector investment into British clean energy jobs across industrial regions including Teesside, East Anglia, Scotland and Yorkshire and the Humber.
He is expected to tell delegates: “At the Spending Review last week, we committed to the most significant programme of investment in homegrown clean energy in the UK’s history to deliver our mission.
“On Tuesday, we announced the biggest nuclear building programme in a generation, creating jobs in Suffolk, Nottinghamshire, Scotland and across the UK.
“On Thursday, investment in kickstarting carbon capture in Aberdeenshire and the Humber.
“On Friday, half a billion pounds of funding for Britain’s first hydrogen network to help drive industrial renewal from Merseyside to Teesside.
“And today we go further with a genuinely transformative package of investment in offshore wind supply chains and jobs.
“We are witnessing the coming of age of Britain’s green industrial revolution as we build this new era of energy abundance.”