On 13 November German utility RWE and UK partner SSE said that they had reduced the size of the project to 340MW from theoriginal 504MW. The project received planning consent in May and the consortiumhas submitted an application for an Investment Contract under the UKgovernment’s EMR framework.

The project site is adjacent to the twopartners' already-operating Greater Gabbard plant, and was originally down tomatch its 504MW capacity.

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