The joint venture, called Umweltuntersuchung NördlichBorkum, or UMBO, will conduct a seven-year-long research project in a 4,300square kilometre area in which all three companies are planning,developing or building offshore wind projects that require environmental impactstudies before and during construction as well as during operation.

“This joint venture will bring us closer to the goal tolower construction and operation costs of offshore wind,” says Trine BorumBojsen, Dong Energy’s managing director for offshore in Germany.

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