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Humber Gateway offshore wind farm given go-ahead

皇冠体育app Yorkshire and Humber region could benefit from jobs and investment as E.ON was granted permission to construct a 230MW wind farm off the鈥�

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Department of Energy & Climate Change and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Chris Huhne
Published
9 February 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

皇冠体育app Yorkshire and Humber region could benefit from jobs and investment as E.ON was granted permission to construct a 230MW wind farm off the coast of Humberside.

皇冠体育app Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said:

鈥淥ffshore wind not only provides clean, green, secure energy, the investment that comes with it is great for the UK economy too.

鈥淎 new wind farm off the Humberside coast will be a further jobs and investment boost for the region, hot on the heels of Siemens鈥� announcement of plans to develop the Port of Hull.鈥�

皇冠体育app Humber Gateway wind farm will generate enough electricity to power up to around 150,000 homes.

皇冠体育app announcement came as Energy Minister Charles Hendry co-chaired the Offshore Wind Developers Forum in London, where wind farm developers discussed how the Government鈥檚 proposals for reforming the electricity market can help remove barriers to investment.

Notes for editors

  1. Documents regarding the wind farm consent are available from
  2. 皇冠体育app Offshore Wind Developers Forum brings together Government and industry to work on solutions to remove barriers that have the potential to impede the viability and deliverability of offshore wind in the UK, and also to try to maximise benefits to the UK economy.
  3. On 18 December 2010, the Government launched a consultation on reforming the electricity market. More details are available from the .
  4. 皇冠体育app developer鈥檚 website:

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Published 9 February 2011