The government yesterday awarded Vestas Technology £6m but the cash injection will not stop the Danish owned turbine manufacturer from closing its Isle of Wight factory!
The £6m award will go towards Vestas's offshore research and development division.
Vestas workers continue to occupy the factory and energy secretary Ed Miliband was heckled by protesters over the closure of the business while he was in Oxford on ministerial business.
A possession order will be sought by Vestas to regain control of the factory at court on tomorrow.
Ed Miliband said: "The money … will help us generate green jobs on top of our success as the leading country in the world for generating offshore wind. Alongside these proposals, we are reforming planning laws, finding new ways of working with local communities and are determined to persuade people that we need a significant increase in onshore wind as part of the UK's future energy mix."
Too little too late!
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