RWE Renewables UK has unveiled new project partners and a name for its Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm extension project off North Wales, while confirming that an Agreement for Lease has been secured with seabed landlord The Crown Estate.

The extension project will be known as Awel y Mor offshore wind farm, meaning Sea Breeze. The project partners have been confirmed as RWE (60%), Munich utility Stadtwerke Munchen (30%), and Siemens’ financing arm, Siemens Financial Services (10%).