Moray Firth developer submits plans for world's largest wind farm

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Developers say 1.5GW offshore wind farm could power one million homes from 2020

Plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm, consisting of up to 339 turbines in the Moray Firth, were yesterday submitted to the Scottish Government. The application for the £4.5bn project,...

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