'A new industrial icon': Plans for £923m Port of Tyne subsea cable factory revealed

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A CGI of the proposed cable factory at the Port of Tyne - Credit: LSEAC
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A CGI of the proposed cable factory at the Port of Tyne - Credit: LSEAC

Five-week public consultation launched on proposals to develop a high voltage cable production facility in the north east

A public consultation on proposals to build a £923m facility at the Port of Tyne to manufacture high voltage cables capable of transporting clean energy generated by offshore wind farms onto the UK grid...

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