Enbridge becomes one of three shareholders in the 400MW project, with E.ON retaining a controlling 50.1% stake and the UK Green Investment Bank a 25% interest.

It is the first offshore wind investment for Enbridge, which over the past decade has steadily amassed 1.6GW of renewables capacity, becoming Canada's second largest owner of wind farms. The Calgary-based company also operates the world's largest system of pipelines for oil and gas.

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