New industrial revolution needs united front

YOU are right to say that local authorities must work together to pool resources to ensure that Yorkshire and the Humber take the maximum benefit from the opportunities provided by renewable energy (Winds of change, Yorkshire Post, October 27).

And while the country’s geology and geography are also, arguably, its greatest asset, the opportunities will disappear into thin air without businesses working together to achieve this common aim.

We have more than 130 member companies at Team Humber Marine Alliance, drawn from across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and working collaboratively on renewable energy projects. This spans the entire length of the renewable energy supply chain from research and development, to manufacturing and construction, operation and maintenance and decommissioning.

When we set up in the mid-1990s we did so with this collaborative approach at the heart of the organisation and we still believe that by working together we can be more successful, more profitable, but in ways that can adapt and are sustainable.

Yes, local government, yes, geography, but Chris Huhne’s “third industrial revolution” is dead in the water without businesses united to make it happen.