Spanish manufacturer GRI Renewable Industries will supply initially 100 offshore wind towers a year from its factory to be built at the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the Humber bank on the east coast of England.
GRI Renewable has signed a memorandum of understanding with Able UK to build the factory for manufacturing and supplying wind towers.
The total investment will reach around €100m and create over 300 direct jobs, the company said.
The UK government has guaranteed support to help boost the project.
GRI chief executive and chairman Jon Riberas said: “We are proud to participate in this major project to power British homes and communities with wind energy towards sustainability and carbon neutrality.
“This project will create a worldwide leader in the offshore sector in a market that is increasingly demanding and constantly evolving.”
UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said: “With its close proximity to some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms and strong skills base, the Humber region is vitally important for the growth of British offshore wind and is at the heart of our green recovery”.
“This joint investment from government and GRI’s will give a boost to this important industrial heartland, creating and supporting hundreds of good quality jobs across the region while ensuring it on the frontline of developing the next generation of wind turbine towers.”
The Able Group executive chairman Peter Stephenson said: “We are delighted to see, and be part of, the considerable progress that GRI is making.
“We have enjoyed a longstanding and productive relationship with GRI and their development of the UK’s first large scale offshore wind tower production plant represents a major opportunity for the Humber, UK and the wider offshore wind sector.
“This, in addition to recent similar announcements with respect to AMEP and SeAH, is positive proof that government policies are working and incentivising key developments as we move towards significantly increased UK content and towards establishing a world-class new industrial cluster on the Humber.”