A factory making parts for wind farms will create 750 jobs on Teesside - but the announcement is a blow for a development on the Humber where the plant had originally been planned..
Global pipe manufacturer SeAH Wind Ltd has confirmed that it will bring a £200-300m monopile manufacturing facility to the Teesworks site. It will create 750 direct jobs and 1,500 more in the supply chain and during construction.
Once up and running, the plant - which makes large steel tubes that form the foundations of the construction of offshore wind turbines - will be the world’s largest monopile plant for offshore wind turbines. The plant is expected to be fully operational by 2026.
