A fair wind: Scotland's offshore wind boom points to a brighter future

James Murray
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The Seagreen offshore wind farm is located 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland | Credit: SSE Renewables
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The Seagreen offshore wind farm is located 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland | Credit: SSE Renewables

The UK may be in the grip of an energy crisis, but the first power from Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm and plans for new floating turbines highlight how some solutions are being deployed

The near-term outlook is unremittingly bleak. Liz Truss, the UK's likely next Prime Minister, may be frustrated with those commentators she accuses of 'talking Britain down', but all the relevant graphs...

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