RenewableUK, the country’s leading renewable energy association, commended two key green industry measures in today’s Budget: money for ports which service the UK’s burgeoning offshore sector and the founding of a ‘Green’ bank, funding growth of renewable technologies.

The £60 million pledged for ‘ development of port sites to support offshore wind turbine manufacturers’ has long been advocated by RenewableUK. It is expected to help put the UK on the map as a base for rolling out offshore wind developments in the North and Irish Seas, and offer alternatives to more established port facilities on the Continent.