Danish wind energy giant, Dong Energy, is considering to locate a new operations and maintenance base for Westermost Rough in Grimsby, reports the Grimsby Telegraph.
Dong Energy expects to create around 40 energy jobs in this area.
This comes after the last week’s announcement that the construction work on this wind farm will commence in 2014.
Rune Birk Nielsen, a spokesman for Dong Energy , said: “We do expect to locate an operations and maintenance base in the harbour in Grimsby, though it is not yet a final decision.
“We also expect that approximately 30 to 40 employees will be part of that operations and maintenance team.”
Chris Holden, chairman of Grimsby Renewables Partnership , welcomed this announcement saying: “This is absolutely fantastic news. The opportunities that are going to come along underlines what we have been saying for the last four or five years, that this place is the place where jobs are going to come to.
“This is the place where the blue chip businesses, the leaders in the industry, have chosen to operate wind farms from.”
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Offshore WIND staff, February 07, 2013; Image: dongenergy