I might be wrong but it's not a done deal yet is it? It may have regional approval but doesn't have to get national approval from the government? Like I say I might be wrong.
As I understand it, planning permission is approved, but there's a 3 month consultation period for objections relating to how the process was carried out before the Secretary of State makes his decision.
Turner, Geraghty and Brady are a bunch of twats, but I'm sure even they couldn't naulz this up. As long as they can all resist taking the personal credit and realise that they, the Libs and Cons ALL need to be pulling in the same direction over this. then I'm sure it will work out just fine. It's the one time in a long time that EVERYBODY in this City needs to sing from the same hymn sheet, no petty squabbling - toe the line, if you like.
Not entirely sure I agree with the "Twat" comment about Steve Brady. I've met him a fair few times at family functions (he's related to my mrs) and he is genuinely passionate about Hull. Can be a bit argumentative but all in all, not a bad guy.
Great for the region. It will mean they can build more houses in Brough! I can't understand why BAE systems didn't look at diversifying the plant at Brough and building turbines, technology and skill set has to be similar ish. Brough site is massive, if they can build planes then I'm sure they could build turbines.
Not sure? I'm sure that had they wanted to do it, then solutions to get the turbines on the water could have been found.
I can't see why the manufacturer would want to go to that extent when he can have a purpose built plant with Estuary access already available?
Sorry, I meant BAE Systems to stay, diversify and to also produce wind turbines, in addition to Siemens. Clearly manufacturing military planes is on the wane, why not use your existing site for manufacturing wind turbines, you've got all the expertise whose skills would easily be transferable. Hell if Siemens can see the opportunity, I'm amazed BAE didn't. This region is going to be the renewable energy hotbed!
Simple answer, it is not deep water accesible enough. These nacelles that are being produced at GPH are huge and if they travelled by road they would take up 2 and a half lanes of the motorway. They need to be transported by water, hence the choice of the ABP site. That it literally the whole thinking behind the location. To be built and transported from Brough would mean dredging the Humber to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. It was a total non-starter.
Is everything done vertically on-site at Greenport? Is there not an opportunity for some parts assembly, or component supplies to potentially come from someone setting up on the Brough site?
Entrepreneurial skills to the fore! The Brough plant could be used for anything, although I suspect housing development may play some part at the site. I just hope that by the time the Greenport is operational, we haven't lost all our local engineering talent outside the region. I know quite a few have upped sticks due to lack of opportunities.
It'll all be produced on site. Lets not get mixed-up here, the general concensus is that wind turbines are being built at the proposed factory. That's not correct, it is purely the nacelles that will be built. In layman's terms these are the centre point of the 'windmill' that house the energy created by the turbine spinning. They will then be shipped off to wherever buys them for proposed turbines.
Guy I know who's working in Guinea, for Rio Tinto, says that the Chinese are building a 700-mile railway to the coast and then, cos the water's not deep enough, they're building a new deepwater port, offshore. It's to ship out iron ore, but I'm sure that, in Hull's case, Brough Haven is a total pissoff. Easy peasy. - If they wanted to do something like that. The plant is there but, at Alex Dock, the space and the water depth is there.
