Siemens to hire 340 low-carbon grid experts

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New Global Centre of Competence for high-voltage grid connections to help support Round 3 offshore wind farms

Siemens is to hire 340 engineers at a new research and manufacturing centre in Manchester, who will be tasked with building high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems capable of efficiently...

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