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Forewind, a consortium comprising energy companies SSE, RWE, Statkraft and Statoil is planning to develop an offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank.

Developers, the Forewind consortium, said it could create almost 5,000 jobs during construction.

Forewind is made up of four international energy companies - RWE, SSE, Statkraft and Statoil - which joined forces to bid successfully to develop the Dogger Bank zone.

Forewind said environmental assessments had been carried out and measures would be taken to mitigate any impact.

On Tuesday, the United Kingdom’s Crown Estate, a quasi-public entity that manages the UK seabed, granted the Forewind consortium a consent to begin the next phase of development of the behemoth Dogger Bank offshore wind project.