Read: Ex-steelworks to make wind farm parts in plan for 6,000 green jobs

In further good news for Teesside, the government will invest almost £100 million creating new wind turbine ports in northeast England, with a big renewables company announcing plans to make crucial parts in the region.

Two new wind ports, one in Teesside and another in north Lincolnshire, will create capacity for seven companies to make parts for the offshore wind industry, whose capacity the government has vowed to quadruple by 2030. The projects are set to create 6,000 new jobs.

As part of the announcement the government said that GE Renewable Energy, a multi-billion pound manufacturer, will build a new wind blade factory at the Teesside site, which is a former steelworks. The factory is due to open and start production in 2023.

Its blades will be supplied to the Dogger Bank wind farm off the northeast coast, which is set to become the largest offshore wind farm in UK waters, and will power up to six million homes.

Read the full story in The Times.

Harness the energy transition is one of the Levelling Up Goals, launched to set out clear objectives for the UK's Levelling Up challenge in the wake of Covid-19.