Onshore construction on the 14-turbine array, which is located 5.7km offshore in water depths of 40 metres, has begun, with lead-off offshore work to install five turbines totalling 41.5MW to start in 2017.
"As a company, we already have a strong presence in the [English] northeast, in low carbon electricity generation and serving customers, including our first offshore wind farm at Teesside, so we're pleased to be able to add another project to our portfolio in the region," says EDF Energy Renewables CEO Matthieu Hue.
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