Plans have been submitted for GE Renewable Energy’s factory to manufacture blades for offshore wind turbines in Teesside, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said.
GE Renewable Energy’s plans for a UK factory to manufacture blades for offshore wind turbines have taken a major step forward after it submitted plans for the facility.
The 78,000sq metre facility, in the South Bank zone of the Teesworks site, will sit alongside a new 1km heavy lift quay, creating the UK’s premier location for offshore wind.
Ground remediation and clearance works are well under way with more than 40 people currently employed at the site.
A new £1m 95-tonne monster excavator, one of only three in the UK, recently joined the 40-strong machinery fleet to speed up land preparation works ahead of the facility’s construction, set to begin in October.
The first images of what GE Renewable Energy s factory on Teesside have been revealed. The huge 78,000sq m facility, in the South Bank zone of the Teesworks site, will sit alongside a new 1km heavy lift quay, which Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen says will create the UK s premier location for offshore wind. The company has estimated the development will create 750 jobs and support 1,500 more in the supply chain. Mr Houchen said: “I’m excited to reveal the huge plans for this mammoth manufacturing facility. The real regeneration of this site is beginning to take shape right in front of our eyes and, with it, creating real jobs on the ground as we speak.
Press Release GE Renewable Energy to hire 300 employees in 2021 for its wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France March 16, 2021
GE Renewable Energy plans to recruit 300 employees in 2021 at its LM Wind Power wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France
Opened almost three years ago in April 2018, the factory today counts more than 450 employees
Every new hire will go through an intensive training program at the factory s ‘Center of Excellence to learn wind turbine blade manufacturing processes
Site has produced the first offshore wind turbine blade longer than 100 meters, 107-meters long
Second 107-meter blade manufacturing mold is being installed at the plant today