month, with £15 million funding coming from a government grant. In October 2014 the parliamentary committee rejected ABP's petitions, and in February 2015 ABP ended its legal opposition to the plans following rejection of a judicial review of the planning decision. In mid 2015 DONG Energy agreed to a MOU with Able over the construction of an offshore wind operations base at the planned Able Marine Energy Park; however, in mid-2016 DONG withdrew from plans to use the site as an operations hub, following an internal review that concluded the site would not be in operation in time for its UK east coast wind farm plans. Notes References Maps Further reading External links Companies based in County Durham Waste management companies of the United Kingdom Ship breaking Waste companies established in 1966