About a third come from power generation, a third from surface transport and the rest from heating.

It employs 70,000 people directly and about 100,000 in support services such as hotels, catering and surface transport.

However, it can be assumed that surface transport, particularly electrified railways, will have a greater role than at present, and this will potentially improve noise issues as well.

It can however be susceptible to damage by vibration in surface transport appliances.

Composite materials nowadays are used in a wide range of applications in aerospace, marine, automotive, surface transport and sports equipment markets.