THE developers of a proposed wind park planned for the Solent have today earmarked three potential sites for their control centre.

Navitus Bay Development Ltd - a joint venture between Eneco and EDF - have submitted a planning application for a £3 billion wind park off the Hampshire and Dorset coast 12 miles from Bournemouth to the west of the Isle of Wight.

They have drawn up plans to create an operations and management base in either Yarmouth, Portland or Poole, which act as a headquarters during the project's 25 year lifespan.

The base will support 160 jobs - including skilled technicians to maintain the turbines - plus 2,000 jobs during the construction phase.