The French utility giant caught the headlines in April when it acquired a 50% stake in Eneco’s Navitus Bay Round 3 project off the coast of southeast England.

Now, after almost a decade since the area was awarded, EDF EN — through its UK subsidiary, EDF Energy Renewables — is building the Teesside wind farm off northeast England.

It is the company’s first wholly owned offshore project, after it participated as an equity stakeholder in Belgium’s Thornton Bank.

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