MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has announced 70 new jobs at its blade production facility on the Isle of Wight.
The company said it remains on track to deliver up to 800 jobs and £200m of investment in the UK as part of a broader industrial strategy.
It said that a Bilfinger GVA economic impact assessment found the facility had added in the last year £135m of economic output to the UK economy supporting over 380 direct and indirect jobs.
MHI Vestas chief executive Jens Tommerup said: “We look forward to the, hopefully imminent, announcement of the 2016/17 [contract for difference] auction which will enable us to continue to bring value to the UK as ever more cost competitive projects are built out from the early 2020s.”
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