The transmission infrastructure at the nine projects is worth an estimated £1.1bn ($1.7bn).

The preferred bidders are:

- Balfour Beatty Capital, for the 300MW Thanet

- Macquarie Capital Group, a consortium including Barclays Private Equity and NIBC Infrastructure Partners, for the 315MW Sheringham Shoal, and Walney 1 and 2

- Transmission Capital Partners, a consortium comprising Transmission Capital International Public Partnerships and Amber Infrastructure Group, for the 180MW Robin Rigg; the 164MW Gunfleet Sands 1 and 2; and the 90MW Barrow.

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