U.K. Wind Energy Jobs Surge 91 Percent, Study Says
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Employment in the U.K. wind power industry has surged 91 percent in three years, the RenewableUK lobby group said today.
The number of people employed full-time in the large-scale onshore and offshore wind energy industry rose to about 9,200 in 2010 from 4,800 in 2007, RenewableUK said today in an e-mailed report. Belfast Harbour plans to create 300 full-time jobs in a 40-million pound ($65-million) project to build a new quay for use by Dong Energy A/S to assemble turbines and foundations, the port and wind farm operator said today in a separate statement.