Port of Tyne sets course for renewables success

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In the latest in our series on the North East, James Murray explores how offshore wind and biomass investments could revolutionise Tyneside

Plans for a new wave of offshore wind farms and biomass power plants in the North East could help establish the Port of Tyne as one of the UK's leading clean tech hubs, after the port revealed plans to...

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