Vestas, which supplies 40% of the world's offshore turbines, has applied for planning permission for the factory.
Rio Tinto Alcan announced last week it was planning to close its Lynemouth factory with the loss of 515 jobs.
Setting up a factory on farmland required wrangling permissions from local planning authorities.
Colchester Borough Council has given outline planning permission both for the new factory and for new housing which the jam maker wants to help pay for the new building.
Planning permission allowing part of the factory to remain was granted by Knowsley Council, but the firm said delays in its approval were unfair and had wasted resources on both sides.
Planning permission allowing part of the factory, which opened in 2000, to stay was granted by Knowsley Council in July, but the firm said delays in its approval were unfair and had wasted resources on both sides.
Yingli, citing its long-term commitment to the U.S. market, says it is planning to build a 100-MW factory here.
It is still sitting in a warehouse, awaiting resolution of a land-planning dispute with the authorities over the factory location.
On Friday, Honda said it was planning to cut 800 jobs at its factory in Swindon, UK, blaming weak demand across Europe.
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Last December the planning agency reported a 5.2% drop in factory equipment purchases from the previous month, the biggest in 33 years.
Rochdale Council has refused planning permission for 600 homes on the site of a former asbestos factory.
The firm said that if it could not get planning permission for the homes it would look at moving the main production factory out of Tiptree.
The retailer is planning to add between 45 to 50 stores a year between 2012 and 2013, including about 10 factory stores in each year to grow its holdings to a total of 800 (up from its current 550).
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