Clipper was awarded a £4.4m ($7m) grant by the UK government in September to establish a 4,000-square-metre plant, which will build the world’s largest wind turbine blades as part of its Britannia project to produce a 10-megawatt (MW) offshore machine. Construction of the plant is due to begin in April.

The former Neptune yard has been renamed the Renewable Energy Park by its owners, Shepherd