Groebler, speaking in advance of today’s inauguration of the 15-turbine scheme off the north Kent coast, described KFE as “a relatively small scheme which punches above its weight”.

Vattenfall has taken comfort from the “reset speech” delivered by UK energy secretary Amber Rudd in November 2015, which flagged up government support for a further doubling of UK offshore capacity to around 20GW by 2030, as long as costs are reduced.

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