Innogy announced financial close for its £2bn ($2.6bn), 860MW Triton Knoll UK offshore wind farm, while turbine supplier MHI Vestas will set up a turbine pre-assembly operation in northeast England as it delivers 9.5MW machines to the project under its biggest order to date.

Work on Triton Knoll – 32km off Lincolnshire in eastern England – will start in September with construction of the onshore electrical system, said Innogy, which plans to begin commissioning the project in 2021.