Scotland gives green light to world's largest floating wind farm

Madeleine Cuff
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Scottish Government grants marine licence for UK's first floating wind farm off Peterhead coast

The world's largest floating offshore wind farm is set to be installed off the coast of Scotland after the Norwegian energy firm Statoil was granted a marine licence for the pilot project. The Hywind...

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