King sees huge progress on Teesworks site
Posted on 14 February 2025
KING Charles saw for himself the huge progress which has already been made at Teesworks on a Royal visit to the site today (Thursday 13 February).
His Royal Highness was given a tour of the giant £950m SeAH Wind factory nearing completion at Teesworks as part of his trip to Teesside.
The King also spoke to a number of apprentices at the factory who are embarking on exciting new careers.
King Charles last visited the area in 2016 to meet members of the task force which had been set up following the closure of the SSI steelworks on what is now the Teesworks site, as well as talk to members of the local community and small businesses.
Nine years later and the site has been transformed. The giant 810 metre-long SeAH Wind monopile factory, which is due to be completed later this year, is one of a series of major investments in the area.
In total, £4.96bn worth of private investment has already been committed and investments already secured or in legal process will create more than 3,470 operational jobs, a further 10,000-plus supply chain jobs and another 6,900 construction jobs.
Teesworks Ltd CEO Martin Corney, who met the King on the site today, said: “We were thrilled that the King was able to visit Teesworks and see for himself the incredible progress which has been made in transforming the site into an internationally significant clean energy hub.
“Things have changed an awful lot since the King was last here and not just in terms of the site itself – speaking to the apprentices on site, the King was able to hear at first hand how Teesworks and developments like SeAH Wind are creating brighter futures for the people of this area.
“With the King’s keen interest in the environment, it was great for him to see how the SeAH Wind factory is close to completion and to becoming a major centre for producing monopiles for offshore wind farms.”
Once complete, the SeAH Wind factory will be the single largest of its kind in the world.
It is set to create up to 750 operational jobs for internal operations, as well as creating a further 1,500 indirect jobs in the supply chain during the construction phase.
Teesworks Ltd chairman Chris Musgrave OBE added: “It is great to see how the King has taken a personal interest in progress on the site and his visit today underlined how far we have already come.
“We are excited about how much more there is to come in the future as development on Teesworks ramps up still further.
“Not only will the development act as a flagship for the UK’s transformation to Net Zero, it will also create fantastic career opportunities for thousands of people across the Tees Valley for many years to come.”
