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Liberty House Group has bought a British plant to make wind turbine towers using local steel.
The industrial metal company will use the plant’s equipment in a new manufacturing centre to supply the country’s leading offshore wind market and tidal lagoon power industry.
Renewable UK has welcomed the announcement and chief executive Hugh McNeal said: “This is great news and shows how the renewable industry can provide a market for steel produced in Britain.
“The growth of renewables in the UK is a huge opportunity for British businesses, as high demand for quality steel has increased.”
Scottish Renewables also praised the move which could support jobs in the industry: “Renewable energy already supports 21,000 Scottish jobs, and its good news that a number of those employed at steel-works in Motherwell and Cambuslang could soon be joining the industry’s supply chain.”
The news follows Liberty House’s ‘Green Steel’ initiative that announced it will restart production at two Scottish steel plants, Dalzell and Clydebridge, to make onshore and offshore wind turbine towers.
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