German industrial giant Siemens (FRA:SIE) has confirmed today it has received an order to supply and install 56 units of its 6-MW turbine model at the site of the 336-MW Galloper offshore wind project in UK waters, after attracting three new partners.

The utility made a final investment decision this week with the UK Green Investment Bank, Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Capital each becoming 25% joint equity partners alongside RWE.

The quartet said the 56-turbine Round 2.5 project off Suffolk would combine their “expertise and experience”.

A consortium of 12 commercial banks and the European Investment Bank provides the £1.5 billion debt facilities (€2.1bn)

VBMS has also been awarded two contracts worth €200m to supply and install export and array cables.

The group has signed a consortium with NKT cables to tackle the supply and installation of two 45km export cables including route preparation, landfall operations, burial, termination and testing.

The second contract is for the supply and installation of 56 inter-array cables, for which the cabling specialist has contracted the UK-based cable supplier JDR.

Onshore construction is due to to kick off next week starting with the substation. The full project is due to commence operations in March 2018 and will power up to 336,000 homes. It will create around 700 jobs during construction and around 90 jobs once operational.

Siemens will supply and install 6MW turbines starting in May 2017 and will also deliver a 15 year maintenance contract.

RWE chief executive Hans Bunting said: “Today’s announcement is the culmination of many months of successful negotiations with our partners and investors and shows that the UK is still a strong market for offshore renewables.”