The final foundation’stransition piece was put in place by the German group’s Friedrich Ernestine jack-up vessel last week, it announced today.

The utility isnow pressing on with installation of the final 19 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines and commissioningthe project.

Challenges atthe site – which will become the world’s second-largest wind farm once commissioned– have included the clearance of unexploded WW II bombs found in Liverpool Bay.

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