Floating wind turbines to be tested off Portugese coast

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Portugese utility sees floating platforms as means of cutting high costs of offshore wind farms

US-based wind turbine developer Principle Power and Portugal's Energias de Portugal (EDP) have agreed to team up on a project to develop a deep-water offshore wind farm off the coast of Portugal using...

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