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Spain's Gamesa will open an offshore wind turbine factory and research centre in Britain, creating more than 1,000 direct jobs, the company said on Monday.
It will invest 150 million euros ($210.6 million) until 2014 and base the global headquarters of its offshore division in London, Gamesa said, confirming a report from Reuters earlier this month.
More than 1,000 people will be directly employed at the facilities and another 800 jobs could be created for local suppliers.
"The commitment shown by companies like Gamesa who want to come to the UK and invest is good news for jobs and growth and good news for our clean energy future" British Prime Minister David Cameron said.
Britain plans to build up to 32 gigawatts of offshore wind power capacity to meet legally binding renewable energy goals.
"The United Kingdom's resolute decision to enact an ambitious offshore plan, along with the country's support for foreign investment and the availability of large ports - which are essential in this business - convinced us to make the decision to base the global headquarters of our offshore activity in the UK" Gamesa Chairman Jorge Calvet said. Gamesa will operate its port logistics and turbine maintenance services from different ports in Britain.
The company's new type of 5-megawatts (MW) offshore wind turbines will be rolled out to the market in 2013, with first tests due in the fourth quarter of 2012, Gamesa said.
The 6-7-MW model will potentially follow in 2014.