Marubeni and the GIB have raised about £370m ($621m) of limited-recourse senior debt from a group of lenders including Japan Bank for International Cooperation, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, and Siemens Financial Services (SFS).

The latter is the financial arm of German industrial giant Siemens, whose 6MW offshore wind turbines will make their full-scale commercial debut at the project off northeastern England – with the first machine due for installation imminently.

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