Hugh McNeal, CEO of the trade body since April, said offshore wind is bringing more than £20bn ($29.4bn) of investment to Britain in this decade, and is a major new infrastructure success story for the country.

But making the keynote address at the Global Offshore Wind conference,  McNeal said he was “conscious that many of you are nervous of what may happen later this week when the UK votes in the EU referendum, and the implications of the judgement of the British people on your businesses, your plans, and on your futures”.

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