INVESTMENT in offshore windpower is essential to the region's economy, a major conference is due to hear.
The Northwest Offshore Renewables will hear a plea that thousands of jobs in the region will depend on wind power. Nearly half of the UK's 18 planned offshore wind farms are due to be established off the North-west coast.
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