Plans submitted for £300m offshore wind factory on former Redcar steelworks site

The proposed 40-metre-tall offshore wind factory will be part of Teesside’s Freeport. It will sit on a 90-acre site adjacent to Teesworks’ £107m heavy-lift South Bank Quay.

New images of the mammoth £300million SeAH wind factory were unveiled today as the project took another step forward.

The 1.13million sq ft planned footprint is four times the size of Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium. Once complete, the facility will be the largest of its type in the world.

The South Korean steel manufacturer confirmed that it will start construction of the factory in July on land at Teesworks.

Land Referencing Services

LRS provided Land Referencing Services for the land at the former Redcar steelworks, adjacent to Teesworks’ £107million heavy-lift South Bank Quay.

The factory services the offshore wind sector, producing monopiles that form the foundations of offshore wind turbine construction. It will create 1,500 jobs in the supply chain and during construction when work begins in July. Once operational, a further 750 roles will be created.

Supply Chain

SeAH Wind plan to hold an event to meet local supply chain companies to let them know how they can get involved in the work. The event will be led by construction consultants K2 Consultancy, on April 20 at Sedgefield’s Hardwick Hall.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said: “2022 is our year of construction and we are rebuilding a new skyline for Teesside – one that looks to the future and is creating hundreds of well-paid jobs in the cleaner, healthier and safer industries of tomorrow.

Reality

“It’s fantastic to see that both SeAH Wind and its construction consultants, K2 Consultancy, are committed to employing local workers and using the region’s talent and suppliers to deliver the facility. These aren’t just fancy pictures, they’ll start to be a reality, with spades in the ground coming in just a few short months.”

President & CEO of SeAHSteel Holdings, Joosung Lee said: “After acknowledging a solid and stronger business relationship, SeAH Wind and Teesworks have decided to set out a long journey together. 

"I am sure that the remaining work will go smoothly with the support of TVCA and our local partners.  Bringing UK’s first monopile manufacturing facility is a very meaningful and significant project to the UK offshore wind industry.  We will make every effort to produce visible outcomes in every stage of the development.”

Cllr Mary Lanigan, leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, said: “This is yet another example of positive progress being made in our area; in terms of both the creation of jobs, and the future of industry in the north east.”

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said;

“2022 is our year of construction and we are rebuilding a new skyline for Teesside – one that looks to the future and is creating hundreds of well-paid jobs in the cleaner, healthier and safer industries of tomorrow.

“It’s fantastic to see that both SeAH Wind and its construction consultants, K2 Consultancy, are committed to employing local workers and using the region’s talent and suppliers to deliver the facility. These aren’t just fancy pictures, they’ll start to be a reality, with spades in the ground coming in just a few short months.”