Freeports will Drive Ahead the Creation of a New Important Cluster Community
As a part of a sequence centered on the ambitions and alternatives of the Celtic Freeport bid in South Wales, Enterprise Information Wales spoke with David Jones, Stakeholder Director at Blue Gem Wind, in regards to the position freeports will play in creating a brand new provide chain cluster.
Concerning the Celtic Freeport Bid
Celtic Freeport is an thrilling mission that can unlock the widest doable alternatives for Wales by accelerating innovation and inspiring important funding, whereas fast-tracking fashionable expertise for brand new inexperienced industries and nationwide decarbonisation.
With improvement websites all through Neath Port Talbot and Pembrokeshire, the Celtic Freeport will:
- Assist 16,000 new inexperienced jobs
- Generate £5.5bn of recent funding
- Speed up the roll-out of floating offshore wind and the hydrogen economic system.
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Background
In September 2022, the Welsh and UK governments invited proposals for a freeport in Wales.
The deadline for bids was 24 November 2022, with the successful bid anticipated to be introduced in early February
The Celtic Freeport bid was lodged on behalf of a public-private consortium whose companions embody Related British Ports (ABP), Neath Port Talbot Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Port of Milford Haven.
