Siemens' £310m Hull plant will take windfarm technology to new level

Greg Clark welcomes 700-job factory, which will produce hundreds of 75m-long blades a year for a new generation of offshore windfarms

The first batch of 75-metre-long wind turbine blades will roll out of a new factory in Hull on Thursday, destined for huge windfarms off the UK's coast.

The inauguration of the Siemens plant at the city's Alexandra Dock employs 700 people and was hailed by campaigners as an example of how curbing carbon emissions could create jobs.