Planning permission has been granted for a manufacturing zone for the offshore wind industry on the site of the former SSI steelworks in Redcar, north-east England.
The development will involve land alongside the River Tees undergoing remediation and development into a factory complex for the sector.
First tenants could be in as soon as 2022.
The site will also create one thousand construction jobs during the eight-year build programme.
The planning permission follows the recent announcement by Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen for a 1.3km £90m quay at Teesworks, which will support the new offshore wind manufacturing site.
A further 30 jobs are set to be created with the latest phase of remediating works on a site adjacent to South Bank.
The initial phase of site clearance and advanced demolition was completed on schedule at the start of October.
The contract for the £4m project has been awarded to Hall Construction, as part of Houchen’s commitment to create local jobs by giving these opportunities to local businesses.
Houchen said: “I’m delighted these game-changing plans have been approved.
“This is one of the biggest planning applications in the North of England and it will see a key part of the Teesworks site, that’s three times larger than the Amazon facility in Darlington, brought back to life.
“Teesside is already leading the way for the rest of the UK to follow with our clean energy plans, but this takes us to the next stage.
“This space will be used to manufacture offshore wind turbines, and the new heavy lifting quay we announced last month will give ships and international firms easy access to be able to transport not only these turbines, but also all the other exciting projects and businesses that will be located on site.”
Plans for the factory site in Redcar were announced in July 2020.