Multimillion pound facilities set for royal opening
The Duke of York will today open two multimillion pound renewable energy facilities in Northumberland as part of his efforts to recognise and support British excellence in science and engineering.
His Royal Highness is visiting the National Renewable Energy Centre (NAREC) to open the facilities for the development of offshore renewable energy technologies.
Costing nearly 34 million pounds to build, the facilities have been funded by both the UK Government and the European Regional Development Fund.
– Andrew Mill, Chief Executive at Narec“Narec can be extremely proud of these two new facilities; they were conceived by our own engineers and have been delivered on time to meet market needs for testing larger offshore wind turbine blades and prototype tidal turbines.
Each facility is world-class in its own right and together with our existing capabilities they provide the most comprehensive facilities anywhere in the world to enable the scale-up of renewable energy technologies offshore.”
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