Britain's energy regulator Ofgem picked Diamond Transmission Partners (DTP) as preferred bidder to own and operate the 180.6 million pound ($235 million) transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension wind farm offshore Liverpool. 

Ofgem chose DTP, a consortium of Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and HICL Infrastructure Company Limited , following a competitive tender process, it said in a statement. 

The 258 meagawatt Burbo Bank Extension wind farm consists of 32 turbines. A consortium of DONG Energy, Kirkbi and PKA currently owns the transmission assets for the project. ($1 = 0.7672 pounds) (Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic, editing by Louise Heavens)

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