Each of those investors would contribute “several hundred millioneuros”, Breuer said on the sidelines of an offshore wind conference in Hamburg.

“We’re talking primarily to big investors about considerableparticipations,” he added, declining to name them on confidentiality grounds.

Breuer did not put a timeframe on the negotiations, which he saidmay take longer than a couple of weeks.

“Projects are very complex, with complex risk and liabilityscenarios,” he said.