Fallon says the contracts, awarded under the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) final investment decision enabling for renewables (FIDE) process, will enable project developers to take final or other critical investment decisions.

The five wind farms are Dong Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea 1,660MW Walney Extension, and 258MW Burbo Bank Extension projects; SSE/Repsol’s 664MW Beatrice wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth; and Statoil/Statkraft’s 402MW Dudgeon project off the Norfolk coast.

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