Green light for £300m Teesside offshore wind factory

The first tranche of specialist contractors is set to be confirmed on a new offshore wind factory in Teesside after South Korean steel manufacturer SeAH Wind was granted planning permission for the project yesterday.
The giant facility – the largest of its kind in the world, at over 800 m in length – will offer 1.13million sq ft of factory space for the production of monopiles up to 120 m in length, 15.5 m in diameter and weighing 3,000 tons which are used to support offshore wind tu