£2bn offshore windfarm to go ahead off north Wales
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/north_west_wales/10235242.stm
4th June 2010, BBC News Website
The largest windpark of Europe is to be built near the north Wales coast. Construction work will begin next year. The huge windpark, which shall stand around 11 miles off coast, will cost £2 billion. It will provide 400.000 homes of 100% green power. Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan thinks it is excellent news, because this project should create 1.000 quality jobs and contribute millions of pounds to the north Welsh economy. Save Our Scenery chairman John Lawson-Reay thinks mainly Germany and the Netherlands will benefit this project. The windpark will be fully completed in 2014 but will start generating electricity in 2013.
Using Green energy means respecting our nature and its possibilities should be expanded. As long as windmills yield (much) more energy and therefore money than the subsidies that make them turn, it is a significant instrument for gaining green energy. Taking good care of our nature and environment is important, but the UK Government should also consider the Welsh inhabitants. They should benefit it and work for the project instead of hiring foreign workers! In that case those 1.000 jobs will never be filled by Welsh people and the economic advantage will be less because the payments will go outside Welsh (and even UK) border.
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Do you think that they will hire foreign workers instead of Welsh for these new jobs? And if so, is it because the Welsh do not like the jobs or because the foreign workers are being paid less money. Either way it is good to read that the Netherlands will also benefit from these windparks.
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