Could floating wind turbines wash up at Wave Hub?

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Marine energy testing centre commissioned to study site's viability for floating turbine demonstration projects

Floating offshore wind turbines could become the latest residents at the Wave Hub testing centre off the coast of Cornwall if proposals to expand the cutting-edge facility pass a feasibility study...

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