A rendering of Prysmian’s proposed subsea cable manufacturing facility at Brayton Point in Somerset. (CommonWealth Beacon)
The Italian company seeking to build an offshore wind cable manufacturing plant at Brayton Point in Somerset has a big decision to make.
Prysmian Group has nearly all of the permits it needs for a factory that a year ago was being called a $300 million project. It recently fended off a challenge to its state air quality permit from a group of 12 Somerset residents, but now those same residents are indicating they will launch a court challenge to the permit. The big question facing Prysmian is whether to keep the project on hold while the court fight plays out or begin moving it forward…