Company success in UK offshore wind: Skykon
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"The market for wind is growing in the UK and is the most exciting market for us. I think the agenda about wind energy is so clear and the government and public are supportive.
Nigel Brix, Skykon Vice President
Denmark's Skykon, the wind turbine manufacturer, won acquisition funding to grow its manufacturing portfolio by setting up a wind turbine factiry in Compbeltown Scotland.
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Nigel Brix, Vice President of Skykon, said the UK has one of the strongest markets for wind energy and this was why Skykon chose to invest.
Skykon has received fast-track planning approval for a new 14,000
square metre purpose-built factory which will see staff numbers rise
from 100 to 300 and allow numbers of towers produced to treble..
The new factory, which is operated by Skykon subsidiary Welcon Towers, is hoped to be operational by summer 2010.
In March 2009 the Danish firm secured £35m in private investment for the expansion and in addition to building the extra capacity is set to introduce new manufacturing techniques and install new equipment. A research and development facility will also be built.
Nigel Brix is keen to work with government and other wind turbine
manufacturers to ensure there is enough supply to meet demand for high
quality wind turbines.
He said "The market for wind is growing in the UK and is the most
exciting market for us. I think the agenda about wind energy is so
clear and the government and public are supportive.
‘The political and public support for both off and onshore wind energy helped to make the UK one of the strongest markets for wind, which had influenced Skykon's decision to buy the Campbeltown facility.
‘However, turbine component manufacturers needed to work together to ensure that supply could continue to meet demand. He warned: "We need to ensure the sector is big enough and grows to a significant size to meet the market’.
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