Dong Energy splashes out £40m on Centrica's Irish Sea offshore wind plan

Jessica Shankleman
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Centrica and Dong Energy will take it in turns to build a series of Round 3 wind farms in new joint venture

Dong Energy has entered a joint venture with Centrica worth up to £40m to develop a series of giant offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea, which could eventually generate up to 4.2GW of green energy...

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