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Blyth Offshore was the UK's first offshore wind farm — a pilot project of two Vestas V66 turbines installed 1 km off the Northumberland coast. The seabed lease was awarded by The Crown Estate to the Blyth Offshore Wind Limited consortium (Border Wind, PowerGen Renewables, Nuon UK and Shell Renewables) ahead of commissioning in December 2000. Specific lease execution date is not in the public record; the year is recorded as 2000.