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Putting Yorkshire and Humber at the centre of the UK’s energy industry
Introduction
- Yorkshire Forward invested £10m in the UK’s new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
- Creating future opportunities in the renewable energy sector within the region
- Creating hundreds of job opportunities
Summary
Yorkshire Forward is investing up to £10m in the UK’s new Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) which will create hundreds of jobs in our region. This is part of the Government’s Low Carbon Industry Strategy.
Based in South Yorkshire the NAMRC will provide a focal point for the bulk of the UK civil nuclear manufacturing industry supply chain, ensuring that manufacturers in the UK have the capability and capacity required to compete for nuclear new build in the UK and globally, from skills training to research and development.
The centre will be based on the world leading Advanced Manufacturing Park in South Yorkshire and led by the University of Sheffield in partnership with the University of Manchester with Rolls-Royce as a lead industrial partner.
It was also announced that Rolls-Royce’s planned civil nuclear facility will also be developed in South Yorkshire. The facility will manufacture, assemble and test high quality components that are essential to meet the requirements of the planned new civil nuclear power plants across the UK, worth in excess of £1bn a year. This investment will create more than 300 jobs, with hundreds more expected to be made throughout industry supply chains, across the region.
You can find out more at www.namrc.co.uk.
