Disappointment for Able as SeAH opts for Teesside, not Humber site for monopile facility

SeAH Steel Holdings chief executive and president Joosung Lee said, “When SeAH confirmed its UK investment, the aim was to contribute to the UK offshore wind industry by working with the UK Government. We are pleased to take the first yet significant step for this goal in Teesside. We will endeavour to make our factory globally competitive.”

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen, for whom the decision is a major coup, said, “2022 is our year of construction and this is another transformational project that places Teesside as the UK lead for clean, green manufacturing. SeAH is an internationally recognised manufacturing company with a reputation for quality and it’s a real coup that we’ve been able to secure their investment for Teesside.

“Spades will be in the ground for this factory at the beginning of July, delivering hundreds of well-paid, good-quality construction jobs that will deliver this huge factory that will create 750 direct jobs for local people. We are wasting no time in clearing land and developing schemes like the South Bank Quay, which has proved a massive draw to SeAH as it is for other businesses in the offshore sector.

“Teesworks is quickly becoming a site of firsts – it’s the heart of the first UK Freeport, we’re developing the world’s first decarbonised industrial cluster thanks to Net Zero Teesside and we’re now the first area in the UK to be home to a monopile plant.”

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