The four plants – totalling 72MW – will be owned by a 50/50 joint venture between EDF EN and Diamond Generating Europe, a Mitsubishi subsidiary.
EDF EN – the renewables division of the French utility giant – will oversee maintenance and provide asset management post-commissioning in 2014.
The wind farms will be built in the Aisne, Pas-de-Calais and Nord departments.
The deal extends to wind power a relationship that began in January this year, when Mitsubishi bought a 50% stake in a 55MW French PV project developed by EDF-EN.
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