SeAh Wind () is a

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company located in

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. It is a subsidiary of SeAh Steel Holdings, a

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n steel company, and manufactures monopiles, which are substructures for

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generation. It was registered as a corporation in the UK in February 2021.

History

The parent company, SeAh Steel Holdings Co., Ltd., signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the

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in August 2020 for the construction of a monopile production facility. As a result, SeAh Wind was established as a UK corporation in February 2021 to participate as a monopile manufacturer in the

value chain led by the

. SeAh Wind is building the world's largest monopile manufacturing plant in

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, UK, with commercial production scheduled to begin in March 2025. The plant's maximum production capacity is estimated at 400,000 tons of monopiles per year, and its operation has attracted significant attention in the UK, including a visit from

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. Key contracts include a £364 million monopile supply agreement with Ørsted, Denmark’s

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energy company. This agreement was signed in 2021 during SeAh Wind’s early stages. Additionally, in late 2023, SeAh Wind secured a £900 million supply contract with

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, a Swedish energy company.

References

{{Reflist Steel companies British companies established in 2021 Companies based in Middlesbrough