German company RWE Innogy has partnered with three firms including Macquarie, GIB and Siemens to build the $2.3bn Galloper wind park located off the British coast.

The construction of wind farm will start next month and is scheduled to start operations in 2018.

The partners of RWE will finance the renewable energy project, which is expected to generate clean energy with 56 6MW wind turbines.

The generated energy will power up to 336,000 home in UK and create around 800 jobs.

RWE Innogy CEO Hans Bünting said: "Siemens, as well as becoming a project partner will also, through their technical division, support key aspects of the project including turbines, turbine installation and maintenance support.

"We welcome GIB, with their experience of supporting renewables ventures and their substantial knowledge of offshore wind financing, back to another offshore partnership, their first ever equity investment being a stake in our Rhyl Flats project.

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"Macquarie Capital bring considerable international business and finance acumen as well as a strong track record advising and investing in infrastructure and energy projects globally."

Macquarie Capital Europe Utilities and Renewables head of Infrastructure Mark Dooley said: "With the compelling technical and financial credentials of this partnership, we were able to deploy capital quickly to achieve financial close.

"This is Macquarie Capital’s second European offshore wind investment this year, following our commitment to invest €720 million in Baltic 2 in Germany. It demonstrates our ongoing focus on the European renewable sector and brings the total amount committed to the sector to over €1 billion in the past 4 years.

"Galloper will help to strengthen the UK’s leading global position in the development of offshore wind capacity and will enhance the scale of the sector in the UK. We will continue to evaluate future opportunities in the European energy and infrastructure space as part of our strategy to invest alongside our clients and industry partners."

The turbines to be used in the project will be supplied by Siemens under a 15 year maintenance contract.

The European Investment Bank has also provided £225m in finance as part of a £1.37bn debt package organised with a consortium of 12 commercial banks.