# Siemens Gamesa to double offshore blade factory in Hull with £186M investment

Siemens Gamesa will expand its offshore blade factory in Hull, England by 41,600 square meters, more than doubling its size. The £186 million investment will add 200 jobs and enable next-generation blade manufacturing by 2023.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-08-09
- Where: Hull, England, United Kingdom
- Value: $258.0M (186.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 77,600 square meters total
- Products: offshore wind turbine blades
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy](https://endata.com/companies/3169.md)

## Sources

- [rivieramm.com](https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/siemens-gamesa-to-double-size-of-uk-blade-factory-gri-to-build-facility-at-able-marine-park-66922), 2021-08-09: "Siemens Gamesa will invest a total of £186M to expand its blade manufacturing site."
- [bmmagazine.co.uk](https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/wind-power-factories-bring-hiring-boom-to-humber/), 2021-08-09: "The new investment adds 41,600 square metres — about the size of six football pitches — to take the existing facility, which has already produced 1500 blades in the past five years, up to"
- [theengineer.co.uk](https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/siemens-gamesa-invests-in-expanding-hull-plant), 2021-08-12: "Siemens Gamesa is doubling the size of its offshore blade factory in Hull as part of an expansion that will see 200 additional staff recruited at the site."

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